republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1099.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Rail construction or design; exempts high-risk contracts from required review.	Procurement; rail. Exempts high-risk contracts for rail construction or design from required review by the Department of General Services prior to solicitation or award. The bill also raises the annual cap from $2 million to $5 million for contracts for on-call architectural and engineering services by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1099	Virginia HB 1099 (2020)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	4	39	13	2020-01-07	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/9001b403-d1f6-4ab9-afca-ae7c758da0cc	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1099	383d67f738405d2a8edfa298b5c55584fd01cf9ad63fd29d37ba83c67f48048b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1099 (2020) — Rail construction or design; exempts high-risk contracts from required review.

Procurement; rail. Exempts high-risk contracts for rail construction or design from required review by the Department of General Services prior to solicitation or award. The bill also raises the annual cap from $2 million to $5 million for contracts for on-call architectural and engineering services by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1099ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1099H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1099) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103781D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1099)
• 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 substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106865D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106865D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1099H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1099H1)
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1099ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9001b403-d1f6-4ab9-afca-ae7c758da0cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).