---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for competitive negotiation, etc."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for competitive negotiation; including employment of persons with a disability as a factor in evaluating proposals. Provides that, except with regard to contracts for architectural, professional engineering, transportation construction, or transportation-related construction services, a public body may include a proposer's employment of persons with disabilities to perform the specifications of the contract as a factor in evaluating a proposal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1078"
citation: "Virginia HB 1078 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290c6ffc-a461-4dd3-818e-52db0beccc85"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1078"
source_hash: "85c8c4d05b52da25383b0f99563c5baf6b0e0d342fba9be51c929de131838813"
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 1078 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for competitive negotiation, etc.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; process for competitive negotiation; including employment of persons with a disability as a factor in evaluating proposals. Provides that, except with regard to contracts for architectural, professional engineering, transportation construction, or transportation-related construction services, a public body may include a proposer's employment of persons with disabilities to perform the specifications of the contract as a factor in evaluating a proposal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1158)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1158)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1078ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1078ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1078E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1078E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1078)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1078)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with amendment (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104594D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1078)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from General Laws with amendment (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1078E
- **2020-02-04** Printed as engrossed 20104594D-E
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1078E)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendments agreed to by House (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1078ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1158 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290c6ffc-a461-4dd3-818e-52db0beccc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).