---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts."
description: "Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1313"
citation: "Virginia SB 1313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c605ad89-eada-4f09-b09c-7b516586db84"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1313"
source_hash: "57d174738558c82224504eacd6a27418aeffb367aa16f1090263796edbcf6e54"
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 1313 (2023) — Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0676)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105164D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1313S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106787D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1313H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104170D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1313)
5. **SB1313ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1313ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104170D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105164D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313S1)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105164D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1313S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106787D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313H1)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106787D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1313H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106787D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1313ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c605ad89-eada-4f09-b09c-7b516586db84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).