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Vienna council reviews 2026 legislative priorities, elevates vaping, utility-easement and campaign-finance proposals
Summary
At a Sept. 15 work session, Vienna officials reviewed a draft 2026 legislative agenda that keeps opposition to casinos and protections for local land-use authority at the top while adding proposed items on vaping regulation and taxation, limits on utility easement maintenance, and campaign-finance reforms. Staff urged final rankings before an Oct. 20 meeting with state legislators.
Vienna's Town Council spent its Sept. 15 work session walking through a draft 2026 legislative agenda and flagging a handful of items the town will press with state lawmakers.
Town Attorney Steve, who presented the draft, said the list largely tracks last year's priorities and reflects the council's previously adopted positions. "Starting off is the town's position of opposing the establishment of full gambling casinos in Fairfax County," he told the council, noting the issue was defeated last year but remains likely to return.
Councilmembers debated new…
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