---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1334"
citation: "Virginia SB 1334 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e762683-8a48-44a4-bc19-07bad074e368"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1334"
source_hash: "926fd17ec931230afef085c9f8f0dd3aff1c1b7520a31635b9ce318842f2519a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1334 (2017) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; small business enhancement program, limitations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0578)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1334ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102130D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1334)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **19–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102130D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e762683-8a48-44a4-bc19-07bad074e368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).