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Bill	Virginia Correctional Enterprises; procedure for exemptions to the mandatory purchase provisions.	Provides that any department, institution, or agency of the Commonwealth is required to obtain the written consent of only the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Correctional Enterprises Program (the Program) to be granted an exemption from the Program's mandatory purchase provisions. Under current law, such department, institution, or agency is required to obtain the consent of both the Chief Executive Officer of the Program and the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply. The bill provides that in any case where an exemption from the mandatory purchase provisions is not granted, the Chief Executive Officer of the Program shall provide a written justification for the denial to the department, institution, or agency that requested the exemption. Under current law, a written explanation is required any time an exemption is granted.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1981	Virginia HB 1981 (2019)	bill	Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	enacted	Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.	3	15	6	2019-01-07	2019-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e9f84974-1036-4d28-8ccc-a8580686c306	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1981	039ef48882e4bbad8d4bd2f7bf9ee354cbde32bb78beeeeddbe4b685569820a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1981 (2019) — Virginia Correctional Enterprises; procedure for exemptions to the mandatory purchase provisions.

Provides that any department, institution, or agency of the Commonwealth is required to obtain the written consent of only the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Correctional Enterprises Program (the Program) to be granted an exemption from the Program's mandatory purchase provisions. Under current law, such department, institution, or agency is required to obtain the consent of both the Chief Executive Officer of the Program and the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply. The bill provides that in any case where an exemption from the mandatory purchase provisions is not granted, the Chief Executive Officer of the Program shall provide a written justification for the denial to the department, institution, or agency that requested the exemption. Under current law, a written explanation is required any time an exemption is granted.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1981ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101874D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101874D introduction
• 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2019-01-15 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Enrolled
• 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
• 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9f84974-1036-4d28-8ccc-a8580686c306. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).