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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts."
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description: "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 contract, includingconstruction management and design-build contracts, unless such actionis brought within five years after completion of the work on theproject, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in such construction contract more thanone year from the breach of that warranty, but in no event more thanone year after the expiration of such warranty or guaranty. The billalso limits the time frame during which a public body, other thanthe Department of Transportation, may bring an action against a suretyon a performance bond to within one year after completion of thework on the project. Current law allows a public body, other thanthe Department of Transportation, to bring such an action withinone year after (i) completion of the contract, including the expirationof all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defector breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill containstechnical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 607"
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citation: "Virginia SB 607 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69952947-9f93-4170-9c8f-fef970400ef5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB607"
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source_hash: "3dd026fc03fd6dde918640c3003387562ff6aac50bf78b1041e175f795a42ff8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 607 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts.
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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 contract, includingconstruction management and design-build contracts, unless such actionis brought within five years after completion of the work on theproject, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in such construction contract more thanone year from the breach of that warranty, but in no event more thanone year after the expiration of such warranty or guaranty. The billalso limits the time frame during which a public body, other thanthe Department of Transportation, may bring an action against a suretyon a performance bond to within one year after completion of thework on the project. Current law allows a public body, other thanthe Department of Transportation, to bring such an action withinone year after (i) completion of the contract, including the expirationof all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defector breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill containstechnical amendments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0497)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB607ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB607)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB607S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607S1)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102689D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB607)
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- **2020-01-15** Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-15** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Incorporates SB195 (Cosgrove)
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20105828D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB607S1)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20105828D-S1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB607S1
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred from General Laws
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB607ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69952947-9f93-4170-9c8f-fef970400ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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