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HB 1901 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; clarifies definition of small business.
Introduced by: Alfonso H. Lopez | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; definition of small business. Changes the definition of small business to require the business, together with affiliates, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Currently, a small business is required to have 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years. The bill requires the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to convene a workgroup of interested stakeholders to examine the definition of small business in the Code of Virginia and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015. The bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2016 Session of the General Assembly. This bill is identical to SB 885.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100636D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104602D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105131D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1901ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100636D
- 01/13/15 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/20/15 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/05/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/15 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104602D-H1
- 02/07/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time
- 02/09/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104602D-H1
- 02/09/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1901H1
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105131D-S1
- 02/18/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105131D-S1
- 02/19/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1901S1
- 02/19/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/15 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 15105131D-S1 (2-Y 96-N)
- 02/23/15 House: VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/15 House: House acceded to request
- 02/25/15 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/15 House: Delegates: Lopez, Gilbert, Knight
- 02/25/15 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/15 Senate: Senators: Petersen, Stuart, Garrett
- 02/26/15 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/26/15 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/15 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1901ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective - see bill)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)