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Hampton staff brief council on 2026 General Assembly priorities ahead of tonight’s consent agenda
Summary
Consultant Ed Reed told council the draft legislative priorities for the 2026 General Assembly were updated to remove a TNR item and add study language on a disabled veterans tax-exemption, opposition language to mandatory local collective bargaining, and a request to limit local liability for wrongful incarceration compensation; the package will be on the consent agenda tonight.
Consultant Ed Reed told the Hampton City Council at a work session that staff has updated the city’s proposed 2026 General Assembly legislative priorities and will place the document on the consent agenda for the evening meeting.
Reed said the changes include one deletion in the resiliency section — an item related to trap-neuter-release (TNR) — and several additions informed by regional discussions and feedback since an October briefing. “We wanted the public to see the changes and to know the changes that have been made,” Reed said.
The package adds support for a Virginia Municipal…
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