republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-558.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement."
description: "Enhancement of micro-business participation in local procurement. Allows any locality to enact an ordinance to enhance micro-business participation in local government procurement practices. Such measures may include special designation of local micro-businesses, providing technical support to micro-businesses, setting target goals for micro-business participation in the local procurement process, and other reasonable measures intended to promote micro-business participation in the locality. \"Micro-business\" is defined as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business with no more than 25 employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 558"
citation: "Virginia HB 558 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph C. Lindsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc653fc-e5da-4141-becb-f6713dcd2587"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB558"
source_hash: "1929d0a4ac7329360bc25b69f39abd8d45c3de9daad4122132f253711dd7c93a"
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 558 (2020) — Micro-business; enhancement of participation in local procurement.

Enhancement of micro-business participation in local procurement. Allows any locality to enact an ordinance to enhance micro-business participation in local government procurement practices. Such measures may include special designation of local micro-businesses, providing technical support to micro-businesses, setting target goals for micro-business participation in the local procurement process, and other reasonable measures intended to promote micro-business participation in the locality. "Micro-business" is defined as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business with no more than 25 employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1123)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1123)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB558ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB558ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB558)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB558)

## Votes

- VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 3-N) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0--N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 92-N) — **4–91** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100477D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB558)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-19** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0--N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Senate amendment rejected by House (4-Y 92-N)
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 92-N)
- **2020-02-25** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-02-26** House acceded to request
- **2020-02-27** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-02-28** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-04** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-04** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 3-N)
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **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 1123 (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/7bc653fc-e5da-4141-becb-f6713dcd2587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).