republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-125.md

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Bill	Value engineering; raises minimum project cost.	Raises the minimum project cost requiring the use of value engineering from $5 million to $15 million. The bill exempts projects that are designed utilizing (i) a design-build contract or (ii) the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 from the value engineering requirements. This bill incorporates	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 125	Virginia SB 125 (2018)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Black	3	21	6	2017-12-18	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a95b9db2-75f0-4b61-8576-73a23c767c37	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB125	96d42953171892e9bd2b8abba604aefbe9c43d5fc69c6d587a0b0092aedaa028	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 125 (2018) — Value engineering; raises minimum project cost.

Raises the minimum project cost requiring the use of value engineering from $5 million to $15 million. The bill exempts projects that are designed utilizing (i) a design-build contract or (ii) the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 from the value engineering requirements. This bill incorporates

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB125ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105632D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101812D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Black — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101812D introduction
• 2017-12-18 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Incorporates SB117 (Favola)
• 2018-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 18105632D-S1
• 2018-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB125S1
• 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-20 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2018-02-20 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a95b9db2-75f0-4b61-8576-73a23c767c37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).