---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts."
description: "Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2500"
citation: "Virginia HB 2500 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100ce7bc-daba-49b4-9f1e-69410230e15a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2500"
source_hash: "b6ada368c7415d3148724c62a1ace5998ba6cbea41ddff3cf35fcab6ea4ee203"
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 2500 (2023) — Construction contracts; payment clauses to be included in certain contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0675** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0675)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105616D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2500H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106210D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2500S1)
4. **HB2500ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2500ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23103475D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2500)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-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 Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23103475D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2500)
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105616D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105616D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2500H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2500H1)
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106210D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2500S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106210D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2500S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106210D-S1 (96-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2500ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2500ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/100ce7bc-daba-49b4-9f1e-69410230e15a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).