---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; definitions; \"professional services.\" Adds to the definition of \"professional services,\" for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of a licensed investment advisor, financial advisor, or insurance broker procured by the Department of the Treasury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "Virginia HB 1308 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Pope Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2cf5389-a39d-4e50-b9db-913d0dc5cf59"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1308"
source_hash: "755b6ae20faaa0798fa8cc8257ebaec2fc8c119e0a38aa7392d6a1d76b8ef755"
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 1308 (2026) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; definitions; "professional services." Adds to the definition of "professional services," for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of a licensed investment advisor, financial advisor, or insurance broker procured by the Department of the Treasury.

## 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/1089343.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217294.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178002.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Pope Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26104925D `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1308)
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-29** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-04** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1308ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1308)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0291)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2cf5389-a39d-4e50-b9db-913d0dc5cf59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).