---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; participation of employment services organizations."
description: "Provides that contracts and subcontracts awarded to employment services organizations shall be credited toward the small business, women-owned, and minority-owned business contracting and subcontracting goals of state agencies as well as state contractors. The bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1538"
citation: "Virginia SB 1538 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Professions and Occupations", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c59f6b3-0c9a-4c20-b71f-1b8db79c4f7f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1538"
source_hash: "0ebc7f450ef4156194603b320b1164ca09bf01e2c48d974830605016d3de617a"
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 1538 (2017) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; participation of employment services organizations.

Provides that contracts and subcontracts awarded to employment services organizations shall be credited toward the small business, women-owned, and minority-owned business contracting and subcontracting goals of state agencies as well as state contractors. The bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0407)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1538ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1538ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103685D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1538)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103685D `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Passed by temporarily
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (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/3c59f6b3-0c9a-4c20-b71f-1b8db79c4f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).