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| Bill | Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts. | Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute oflimitations on actions on construction contracts; statute of limitationson actions on performance bonds. Provides that no action maybe brought by a public body on any construction, architectural, orengineering contract, including construction management and design-buildcontracts, unless such action is brought within five years aftercompletion of the work on the project, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in suchconstruction contract more than one year from the breach of thatwarranty, but in no event more than one year after the expirationof such warranty or guaranty. The bill also limits the time frameduring which a public body may bring an action against a surety ona performance bond to within one year after completion of the workon the project. Current law allows a public body, other than theDepartment of Transportation, to bring such an action within oneyear after (i) completion of the contract, including the expiration of all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defector breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill contains technical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1300 | Virginia HB 1300 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1300 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute oflimitations on actions on construction contracts; statute of limitationson actions on performance bonds. Provides that no action maybe brought by a public body on any construction, architectural, orengineering contract, including construction management and design-buildcontracts, unless such action is brought within five years aftercompletion of the work on the project, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in suchconstruction contract more than one year from the breach of thatwarranty, but in no event more than one year after the expirationof such warranty or guaranty. The bill also limits the time frameduring which a public body may bring an action against a surety ona performance bond to within one year after completion of the workon the project. Current law allows a public body, other than theDepartment of Transportation, to bring such an action within oneyear after (i) completion of the contract, including the expiration of all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defector breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill contains technical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1300) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1300H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — 96–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105008D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB1300)
- 2020-01-21 Referred from General Laws
- 2020-01-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107490D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB847 (Runion)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-06 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
referral-committee - 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1300H1)
- 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107490D-H1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1300H1
- 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1300ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 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
- 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f057443c-e463-4a4f-af0a-f6e75686d2d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).