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HB 1288 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Dept. of; certification of employment services organizations.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of employment services organizations; public procurement. Provides that for solicitations under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, each public body shall include, in addition to small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses, employment services organizations, as defined in the bill, certified by the Department and set goals for the participation of employment services organizations in procurement transactions. The bill clarifies that the certification process conducted by the Department includes employment services organizations. Finally, the bill states that contracts and subcontracts awarded to employment services organizations shall be credited toward a contractor's small, women-owned, and minority-owned business contracting and subcontracting goals.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16104239D pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1288ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16104239D
- 01/21/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/09/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1288ER)
- 03/07/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016
- 03/09/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/29/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)