City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MARCH 3, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the Final Update on the 2015 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Final Update on the 2015 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive this report.
DISCUSSION: The 2015 General Assembly Session ended a day early, on Friday evening, February 27. Of the 1919 House and Senate bills that were introduced, 800 passed. A far greater proportion of resolutions passed-712 of 856-but this is because most resolutions commend someone or something, or memorialize a person's death.
The Governor has until March 30 to take action on the 800 bills that passed. He can sign them, veto them, or send the bills back to the General Assembly with suggested amendments. If he vetoes them, two-thirds of the members of each house must vote to override the veto. If he sends down amendments, a simple majority of either house is all that is needed to reject the amendments (but if the amendments are rejected, the Governor can theN veto the bill, and the General Assembly cannot vote to override the veto).
City Package. The following bills that passed successfully sought the enactment of proposals addressed in the City's legislative package. Attachment 1 is a more detailed status report on City Package bills.
* The City Charter bills (HB 1682 and SB 1218), which will "clean up" and update the City Charter, have both passed the House and Senate, and are on their way to the Governor.
* HB 1867, which seeks to clarify some of the Virginia Code sections dealing with mold remediation in residential rental units, has also been approved by the House and Senate, and now goes to the Governor.
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