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2024 SESSION
HB 1404 Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, definitions, report.
Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established; disparity study report. Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42 percent of certified small SWaM business utilization in all discretionary spending by executive branch agencies and covered institutions in procurement orders, prime contracts, and subcontracts, as well as a target goal of 50 percent subcontracting to small SWaM businesses in instances where the prime contractor is not a small SWaM business for all new capital outlay construction solicitations that are issued. The bill provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWaM business utilization rate by three percent per year until reaching the 42-percent target level or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rate. In addition, the bill provides for a small SWaM business set-aside for executive branch agency and covered institution purchases of goods, services, and construction, requiring that purchases up to $100,000 be set aside for award to certified small SWaM businesses.
The bill creates the Division of Procurement Enhancement within the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity for purposes of collaborating with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, the Department of Transportation, and covered institutions to further the Commonwealth's efforts to meet the goals established under the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program, as well as implementing initiatives to enhance the development of small businesses, microbusinesses, women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses in the Commonwealth.
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to conduct a disparity study every five years, with the next disparity study due no later than January 1, 2026. The bill specifies that the study shall evaluate the need for enhancement and remedial measures to address the disparity between the availability and the utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses. The provisions of the bill other than those requiring a disparity study have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025, and apply to covered institutions beginning July 1, 2025. This bill incorporates HB 716.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105093D pdf
- 01/26/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106396D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107050D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1404ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1404ER2) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/17/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24105093D
- 01/17/24 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/26/24 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 3-N)
- 01/26/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106396D-H1
- 01/26/24 House: Incorporates HB716 (Torian)
- 01/26/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107050D-H2
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee on Rules substitute rejected 24106396D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24107050D-H2
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1404H2
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 26-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (73-Y 26-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reported from Rules (9-Y 4-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1404ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/17/24 House: Passed by temporarily
- 04/17/24 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
- 04/17/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1404ER2)
- 04/17/24 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Enacted, Chapter 834 (effective - see bill)