---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commissioner of Hwys.; prequalification program for self-bonding program, removes certain reports."
description: "Commissioner of Highways; prequalification program for self-bonding program; certain reports; repealed. Removes (i) the biennial report requirement for the Commissioner of Highways regarding the use of funds in the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund; (ii) the requirement for a prequalification program agreed upon by the Commissioner of Highways and the Department of the Treasury for the self-bonding program for transportation-related construction projects; and (iii) reporting requirements for the Department of Transportation regarding certain information related to performance or payment bonds, waivers, and self-bonding program enrollment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1340"
citation: "Virginia SB 1340 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7828782-3ff3-45ea-af7d-55a4a08e6d9c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1340"
source_hash: "8f19aa9194f82367fd1166f8414da8ddcfd4c57b640704d2cbb7012f0903bcd0"
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 1340 (2025) — Commissioner of Hwys.; prequalification program for self-bonding program, removes certain reports.

Commissioner of Highways; prequalification program for self-bonding program; certain reports; repealed. Removes (i) the biennial report requirement for the Commissioner of Highways regarding the use of funds in the Innovation and Technology Transportation Fund; (ii) the requirement for a prequalification program agreed upon by the Commissioner of Highways and the Department of the Treasury for the self-bonding program for transportation-related construction projects; and (iii) reporting requirements for the Department of Transportation regarding certain information related to performance or payment bonds, waivers, and self-bonding program enrollment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019393.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071058.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047350.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100652D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1340)
- **2025-01-27** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1340ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1340)
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7828782-3ff3-45ea-af7d-55a4a08e6d9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).