republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-454.md

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

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	Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programs for recycled goods, climate positive materials.	Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programsfor recycled goods; climate positive materials. Requires theDepartment of General Services to promote the Commonwealth's interestin materials and products certified as climate positive and developprocedures to procure materials and products certified as climatepositive by a third party approved by the Director of the Departmentwith regard to the procurement guidelines established by the Department.The term "climate positive" is defined as having a net negative carbonfootprint.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 454	Virginia HB 454 (2020)	bill		enacted	Scott Wyatt	4	33	8	2020-01-03	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/73e3c372-3827-4e37-9ff9-ad2299cf2fc1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB454	f711a9d05761a29eb356875735e38b48d5b2f2dc0b3f6662893201597f08c05e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 454 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programs for recycled goods, climate positive materials.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programsfor recycled goods; climate positive materials. Requires theDepartment of General Services to promote the Commonwealth's interestin materials and products certified as climate positive and developprocedures to procure materials and products certified as climatepositive by a third party approved by the Director of the Departmentwith regard to the procurement guidelines established by the Department.The term "climate positive" is defined as having a net negative carbonfootprint.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB454ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB454) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB454H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (87-Y 10-N) — 86–10 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott Wyatt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103673D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB454)
• 2020-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-02-06 Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20106794D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB454H1)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20106794D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB454H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 10-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 (15-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 (HB454ER)
• 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 359 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73e3c372-3827-4e37-9ff9-ad2299cf2fc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).