---
type: "Bill"
title: "Value engineering; raises minimum project cost."
description: "Raises the minimum project cost requiring the use of value engineering from $5 million to $15 million. The bill exempts projects that are designed utilizing (i) a design-build contract or (ii) the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 from the value engineering requirements. This bill incorporates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Virginia SB 125 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Black"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-18"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a95b9db2-75f0-4b61-8576-73a23c767c37"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB125"
source_hash: "96d42953171892e9bd2b8abba604aefbe9c43d5fc69c6d587a0b0092aedaa028"
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 125 (2018) — Value engineering; raises minimum project cost.

Raises the minimum project cost requiring the use of value engineering from $5 million to $15 million. The bill exempts projects that are designed utilizing (i) a design-build contract or (ii) the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 from the value engineering requirements. This bill incorporates

## Version chain

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

1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB125ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB125ER)
2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105632D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB125S1)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101812D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB125)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Black — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101812D `introduction`
- **2017-12-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Incorporates SB117 (Favola)
- **2018-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 18105632D-S1
- **2018-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB125S1
- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2018-02-20** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a95b9db2-75f0-4b61-8576-73a23c767c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).