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| Bill | Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE. | Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to HB 5050. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | SB 5039 | Virginia SB 5039 (2020specialI) |
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Virginia SB 5039 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to HB 5050.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5039ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5039E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB5039) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB5039H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N) — 64–32 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-08-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200758D
introduction - 2020-08-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-08-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB5039)
- 2020-08-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-09-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-09-04 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-09-04 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-09-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5039E
- 2020-09-04 Printed as engrossed 20200758D-E
- 2020-09-09 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-09-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB5039E)
- 2020-09-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-09-17 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-17 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-09-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-09-21 Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-21 Committee substitute printed 20201215D-H1
substitution - 2020-09-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB5039H1)
- 2020-09-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-09-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-09-25 Committee substitute agreed to 20201215D-H1
- 2020-09-25 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5039H1
- 2020-09-25 Passed House with substitute (65-Y 32-N)
passage - 2020-09-25 VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N)
- 2020-10-02 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-10-02 Title replaced 20201215D-H1
- 2020-10-07 Enrolled
- 2020-10-07 Signed by President
- 2020-10-07 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB5039ER)
- 2020-10-14 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- 2020-10-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- 2020-10-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 ((effective 3/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03801306-1b80-4ae1-a0fc-e74018168980. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).