republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-341.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction management contracts; use by local public bodies."
description: "Construction management or design-build contracts; use by local public bodies. Limits the use of construction management by localities to projects where the project cost is expected to be less than the project cost threshold established in the procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for utilizing construction management or design-build contracts, provided that (i) the project is a complex project and (ii) the project procurement method is approved by the local governing body. Current law allows unqualified construction management for projects over $10 million and construction management meeting the provisions in (i) and (ii) for projects under $10 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Virginia SB 341 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58dace8-3149-4804-84bc-bfc1fa97ced7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB341"
source_hash: "4c5c9ce6c656170336df9528fbda39aa4c30da2b9db36dc2fa3157bb277136c7"
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 SB 341 (2020) — Construction management contracts; use by local public bodies.

Construction management or design-build contracts; use by local public bodies. Limits the use of construction management by localities to projects where the project cost is expected to be less than the project cost threshold established in the procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for utilizing construction management or design-build contracts, provided that (i) the project is a complex project and (ii) the project procurement method is approved by the local governing body. Current law allows unqualified construction management for projects over $10 million and construction management meeting the provisions in (i) and (ii) for projects under $10 million.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0163)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB341ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB341ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB341)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB341)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB341S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB341S1)

## Votes

- House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102415D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB341)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20105651D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB341S1)
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20105651D-S1
- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB341S1
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws with amendments (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-18** Passed House with amendments (96-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-20** House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB341ER)
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (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/e58dace8-3149-4804-84bc-bfc1fa97ced7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).