--- type: "Bill" title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; joint and cooperative procurement, construction exception." description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; joint and cooperative procurement; construction exception. Excludes certain intergovernmental support agreements pursuant to federal law from provisions of law under the Virginia Public Procurement Act that provide an exception for construction where a public body may purchase from another public body's contract if the request for proposal or invitation to bid specified that the procurement was a cooperative procurement being conducted on behalf of other public bodies." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 575" citation: "Virginia SB 575 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"] version_count: 3 action_count: 32 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2026-01-14" last_action: "2026-04-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5385a1a6-6568-4a22-853a-e425681f0017" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB575" source_hash: "142c749148de0c0e01b82ead84d64bd2f754308750542118ea8c6b8e76cc4437" 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 575 (2026) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; joint and cooperative procurement, construction exception. Virginia Public Procurement Act; joint and cooperative procurement; construction exception. Excludes certain intergovernmental support agreements pursuant to federal law from provisions of law under the Virginia Public Procurement Act that provide an exception for construction where a public body may purchase from another public body's contract if the request for proposal or invitation to bid specified that the procurement was a cooperative procurement being conducted on behalf of other public bodies. ## 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/1090898.PDF) 2. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095301.PDF) 3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202702.PDF) ## Votes - H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower - Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **9–4** (pass) · upper - Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101394D `filing, introduction` - **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee` - **2026-01-21** General Laws and Technology Substitute - **2026-01-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 4-N 2-A) `committee-passage` - **2026-01-23** Rules suspended - **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) - **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) - **2026-01-23** Committee substitute printed 26105847D-S1 `substitution` - **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day - **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) - **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2` - **2026-01-26** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to - **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution` - **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3` - **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB575) - **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar - **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1` - **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee` - **2026-02-23** Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee` - **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) - **2026-03-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2026-03-05** Read second time `reading-2` - **2026-03-06** Read third time `reading-3` - **2026-03-06** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage` - **2026-03-12** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-03-12** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB575ER) `passage` - **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB575) - **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2026-03-12** Signed by President `passage` - **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt` - **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt` - **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 897 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5385a1a6-6568-4a22-853a-e425681f0017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).