---
type: "Bill"
title: "DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses."
description: "Department of General Services; dispositionof surplus materials; permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.Requires the Department of General Services to permit surplus materialsto be sold, prior to public sale or auction, to military spouse-ownedbusinesses. The bill requires the Director of the Department of SmallBusiness and Supplier Diversity to adopt reasonable regulations to implement a program to certify, upon request of the business owner,that he holds a \"Military spouse-owned business\" status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Virginia HB 437 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/affa5141-5d91-48f4-a3a1-7d835897c5b5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB437"
source_hash: "9d3dc304082871d8d4dc8eaf6f2d301ab2ddbc84c9a88c191b01ac703ca251e2"
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 HB 437 (2020) — DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.

Department of General Services; dispositionof surplus materials; permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.Requires the Department of General Services to permit surplus materialsto be sold, prior to public sale or auction, to military spouse-ownedbusinesses. The bill requires the Director of the Department of SmallBusiness and Supplier Diversity to adopt reasonable regulations to implement a program to certify, upon request of the business owner,that he holds a "Military spouse-owned business" status.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0358)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB437ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB437ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB437)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB437)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB437H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB437H1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N) — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101385D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB437)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20105951D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB437H1)
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20105951D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB437H1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB437ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/affa5141-5d91-48f4-a3a1-7d835897c5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).