---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway construction by state or local employees; limit."
description: "Highway construction by state or local employees; limit. Increases from $600,000 to $700,000 the value of highway maintenance and construction projects eligible to be performed by state or local employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1813"
citation: "Virginia HB 1813 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9fbff3f-4133-4a60-a2a1-72115091fa4d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1813"
source_hash: "6038e93e401eb8e32e5f3a77ba6de063fbc08e2ff5205e0a243e2b3831dda466"
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 1813 (2021) — Highway construction by state or local employees; limit.

Highway construction by state or local employees; limit. Increases from $600,000 to $700,000 the value of highway maintenance and construction projects eligible to be performed by state or local employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0260** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0260)
2. **HB1813ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1813ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102052D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1813)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102052D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1813E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 3-N) — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102052D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-14** Reported from Transportation with amendment (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1813)
- **2021-01-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-18** Engrossed by House as amended HB1813E
- **2021-01-18** Printed as engrossed 21102052D-E
- **2021-01-18** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N)
- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1813E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1813ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 260 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9fbff3f-4133-4a60-a2a1-72115091fa4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).