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Legislation roundup: Fairfax staff identify bills on short-term rentals, ADUs, faith-based housing, data centers, and parking tax concerns
Summary
County staff reviewed a wide set of pending bills, recommending positions or monitoring steps on issues from short-term rental registries to accessory dwelling unit limits, data center studies, and a proposed parking-space tax for Northern Virginia.
At its January meeting the Legislative Committee reviewed numerous bills filed in the 2025 General Assembly session that staff said merit positions, monitoring or further work with patrons.
Short-term rental registry (HB 1557): County staff described a state-run registry for short-term rentals and recommended supporting a version that would share more information with localities than past proposals. Staff said prior registries sometimes withheld addresses and remittance detail, hampering local auditing.
Project labor agreements (HB 1570): Staff recommended opposing a bill that would repeal the 2020 allowance for local use of project labor agreements; Fairfax identified the 2020 law as a county priority and advised opposition to repeal.
Accessory dwelling units (HB 1832 and related): Staff recommended opposing a…
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