VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2024 SESSION

• | print version

HB 311 Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system.

Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals. Mandates that all local public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth's statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA, or other electronic means. Current law only encourages local public bodies to use eVA for such submissions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. 

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103579D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106403D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/27/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB311ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103579D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government
• 01/30/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106403D-H1
• 02/05/24  House: Read first time
• 02/06/24  House: Read second time
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106403D-H1
• 02/06/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB311H1
• 02/07/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/14/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/24  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/19/24  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/19/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/19/24  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/27/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB311ER)
• 02/27/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/04/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 1/1/25)
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)