---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof nonresponsibility; local option to include criteria in invitationto bid. Allows any locality to include in the invitation to bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether a bidder possessesthe moral and business integrity and reliability that will assure good faith performance that is required of a responsible bidder.Such criteria may include a history or good faith assurances of (i)completion by the bidder and any potential subcontractors of specifiedsafety training programs established the U.S. Department of Labor,Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (ii) participationby the bidder and any potential subcontractors in apprenticeshiptraining programs approved by state agencies or the U.S. Departmentof Labor; or (iii) maintenance by the bidder and any potential subcontractorsof records of compliance with applicable local, state, and federallaws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "Virginia SB 380 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4b4996-b730-4326-b8f0-b8b6c4a8665f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB380"
source_hash: "6d59a4c3221ce703e87b5b6259e39015bdb2c6100553f463a3f927a60fb45cd0"
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 380 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof nonresponsibility; local option to include criteria in invitationto bid. Allows any locality to include in the invitation to bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether a bidder possessesthe moral and business integrity and reliability that will assure good faith performance that is required of a responsible bidder.Such criteria may include a history or good faith assurances of (i)completion by the bidder and any potential subcontractors of specifiedsafety training programs established the U.S. Department of Labor,Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (ii) participationby the bidder and any potential subcontractors in apprenticeshiptraining programs approved by state agencies or the U.S. Departmentof Labor; or (iii) maintenance by the bidder and any potential subcontractorsof records of compliance with applicable local, state, and federallaws.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0176)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB380ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB380ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB380E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB380E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB380)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB380)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB380H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB380H1)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105097D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB380)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-01-27** Amendment by Senator McPike agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB380E
- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20105097D-E
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB380E)
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Committee substitute printed 20108248D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB380H1)
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 20108248D-H1
- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB380H1
- **2020-02-18** Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- **2020-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- **2020-02-20** Title replaced 20108248D-H1
- **2020-02-20** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB380ER)
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (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/dc4b4996-b730-4326-b8f0-b8b6c4a8665f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).