republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1078.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1078	Virginia HB 1078 (2020)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	4	34	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/290c6ffc-a461-4dd3-818e-52db0beccc85	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1078	85c8c4d05b52da25383b0f99563c5baf6b0e0d342fba9be51c929de131838813	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1078ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1078E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1078) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/290c6ffc-a461-4dd3-818e-52db0beccc85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).