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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof nonresponsibility; local option to include criteria in invitationto bid. Allows any locality to include in the invitation to bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether a bidder possessesthe moral and business integrity and reliability that will assuregood faith performance that is required of a responsible bidder.Such criteria may include a history or good faith assurances of (i)completion by the bidder and any potential subcontractors of specifiedsafety training programs established the U.S. Department of Labor,Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (ii) participationby the bidder and any potential subcontractors in apprenticeship training programs approved by state agencies or the U.S. Departmentof Labor; or (iii) maintenance by the bidder and any potential subcontractorsof records of compliance with applicable local, state, and federallaws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Virginia HB 1201 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86aa893-209b-4db9-9fcb-0c82c157f46e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1201"
source_hash: "db2d74115097b0fd1ef79693f3ce88c44ba74dae04e4130049dd6c792f4c4a03"
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 1201 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; determination of nonresponsibility, local option.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof nonresponsibility; local option to include criteria in invitationto bid. Allows any locality to include in the invitation to bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether a bidder possessesthe moral and business integrity and reliability that will assuregood faith performance that is required of a responsible bidder.Such criteria may include a history or good faith assurances of (i)completion by the bidder and any potential subcontractors of specifiedsafety training programs established the U.S. Department of Labor,Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (ii) participationby the bidder and any potential subcontractors in apprenticeship training programs approved by state agencies or the U.S. Departmentof Labor; or (iii) maintenance by the bidder and any potential subcontractorsof records of compliance with applicable local, state, and federallaws.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1089)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1089)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1201ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1201ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1201EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1201EH1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1201)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1201)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1201H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1201H1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1201S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1201S1)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **382** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — **156** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **096** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) — **43** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **5442** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) — **5543** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105099D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1201)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107581D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1201H1)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107581D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Amendment by Delegate Tran agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1201EH1
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20107581D-EH1
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1201EH1)
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108725D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1201S1)
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108725D-S1
- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1201S1
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute rejected by House 20108725D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- **2020-02-28** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-03-02** House acceded to request
- **2020-03-03** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-07** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1201ER)
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1089 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86aa893-209b-4db9-9fcb-0c82c157f46e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).