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Votes at a glance: key committee outcomes on January 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of roll-call outcomes from the Senate Committee on Local Government docket for Jan. 13, 2025, including votes on bills covering blight, ADUs, data centers, water/sewer fees and local government charters.
Senate Committee on Local Government — Richmond, Jan. 13, 2025 — The committee recorded roll-call outcomes on a range of bills. Below are the principal recorded results from the transcript of the session. Where the transcript shows line-level amendments or substitute actions, those are noted.
- SB 1476 (Bristol; conveyance of long-vacant blighted property): Reported as amended — Ayes 10, Noes 3. (Substitute/line amendments adopted; vacancy period clarified at five years.)
- SB 932 / SB 1256 (Accessory dwelling units; tiny-home definition): Substitute adopted and SB 932 reported in substituted form — recorded tallies: substitute adoption and parliamentary motions recorded; separate roll calls in the transcript recorded Ayes 14, Noes 1 (for incorporation motion) and later procedural roll recorded Ayes 10, Noes 4 for reporting the substituted bill.
- SB 1263 (water and sewer connection fee reimbursement permissive authority): Reported — Ayes 13, Noes 0.
- SB 1489 (worker retention/contractor turnover protections): Reported to Finance (tally recorded in transcript) — Ayes 8, Noes 7.
- SB 974 (plat and administrative review reforms to shorten approval timelines): Reported (substitute adopted) — Ayes 12, Noes 2.
- SB 1449 (high-energy-use facility siting transparency): Reported (substitute adopted) — Ayes 12, Noes 3.
- SB 1045 (define data centers as industrial use): Failed to report — Ayes 5, Noes 10.
- SB 899 (require water-use estimates for qualifying data/high-energy facilities; amended to focus on significant public water resources and broader definition): Reported as amended — tally recorded as Ayes 7, Noes 6, 2 abstentions (committee transcript). The committee adopted an amendment to narrow scope to impacts on significant public water resources and to use a “high electrical demand facilities” definition in that section.
- SB 1046 (notification/noise standards for large data centers): Substitute offered; ultimately failed to report — recorded as Ayes 5, Noes 6, with abstentions recorded.
- SB 1429 (veterans war memorials — mandatory local referendum and two-thirds requirement): Failed to report — Ayes 9, Noes 6.
- SB 1490 (Richmond Department of Public Utilities director qualifications): Motion to adopt substitute passed but committee vote on PBI recorded Ayes 8, Noes 7 (bill did not report out in current committee meeting).
- SB 1046 (charter/notification/noise package): Substitute failed to report (recorded tally in transcript: Ayes 5, Noes 6, abstentions recorded).
Note: Where multiple procedural votes occurred (motions to adopt substitutes, incorporate language from other bills, or to report), the transcript sometimes records separate tallies for each motion. This roundup lists each principal bill and the committee’s final recorded disposition during the January 13 session.
