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2018 SESSION
HB 398 Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds, waiver by localities, sunset.
Introduced by: Glenn R. Davis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds; waiver by localities; sunset. Adds a sunset date of July 1, 2021, to the provisions (i) authorizing a locality, where the bid, performance, and payment bond requirements are waived, to waive the requirement for prequalification for a bidder or contractor with a current Class A contractor license for nontransportation-related construction contracts in excess of $100,000 but less than $300,000 upon a written determination made in advance by the local governing body that waiving the requirement is in the best interests of the locality and (ii) prohibiting localities from entering into more than 10 such contracts per year.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102197D pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB398ER) pdf
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102197D
- 01/05/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/09/18 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/26/18 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB398ER)
- 03/05/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018
- 03/14/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/23/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)