---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; certain construction contracts, performance and payment bonds."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; certain construction contracts, performance and payment bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1490"
citation: "Virginia HB 1490 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/859d7ebf-6911-477f-8fd8-654713a800ce"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1490"
source_hash: "3f1a879f1df94e56c03101b81eda8c85e10a97612bd0ecbcf7467e0fcb963ec1"
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 1490 (2023) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; certain construction contracts, performance and payment bonds.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0211)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106250D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1490S1)
3. **HB1490ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1490ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102279D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1490)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23102279D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1490E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102279D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1490)
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1490E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23102279D-E
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1490E)
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Committee substitute printed 23106250D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1490S1)
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106250D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1490S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106250D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1490ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/859d7ebf-6911-477f-8fd8-654713a800ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).