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| Bill | DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses. | Department of General Services; dispositionof surplus materials; permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.Requires the Department of General Services to permit surplus materialsto be sold, prior to public sale or auction, to military spouse-ownedbusinesses. The bill requires the Director of the Department of SmallBusiness and Supplier Diversity to adopt reasonable regulations to implement a program to certify, upon request of the business owner,that he holds a "Military spouse-owned business" status. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 437 | Virginia HB 437 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 437 (2020) — DGS; disposition of surplus materials, permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.
Department of General Services; dispositionof surplus materials; permit sale to military spouse-owned businesses.Requires the Department of General Services to permit surplus materialsto be sold, prior to public sale or auction, to military spouse-ownedbusinesses. The bill requires the Director of the Department of SmallBusiness and Supplier Diversity to adopt reasonable regulations to implement a program to certify, upon request of the business owner,that he holds a "Military spouse-owned business" status.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB437ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB437) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB437H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N) — 84–14 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101385D
introduction - 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB437)
- 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20105951D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB437H1)
- 2020-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20105951D-H1
- 2020-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB437H1
- 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-05 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N)
- 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB437ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/affa5141-5d91-48f4-a3a1-7d835897c5b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).