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Bill Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods. Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods. Provides that in the course of procuring goods, if a public body receives two or more bids for products that are Energy Star certified, meet Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) designated efficiency requirements, appear on FEMP's Low Standby Power Product List, or are WaterSense certified, such public body may only select among those bids. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1811 Virginia HB 1811 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1811 (2021) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods. Provides that in the course of procuring goods, if a public body receives two or more bids for products that are Energy Star certified, meet Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) designated efficiency requirements, appear on FEMP's Low Standby Power Product List, or are WaterSense certified, such public body may only select among those bids.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0469 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Conference substitute printed 21200648D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1811ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102296D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N) — 5444 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 11-N) — 2711 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 5444 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (11-Y 1-N 2-A) — 111 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 098 (fail) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 14-N) — 2514 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102296D introduction
  • 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2021-01-12 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
  • 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1811)
  • 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2021-01-21 Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-26 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
  • 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (11-Y 1-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-15 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2021-02-15 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2021-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2021-02-15 Passed Senate with amendments (25-Y 14-N) passage
  • 2021-02-17 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-17 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
  • 2021-02-17 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2021-02-22 House acceded to request
  • 2021-02-22 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2021-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2021-02-25 Amended by conference committee
  • 2021-02-25 Conference substitute printed 21200648D-H1
  • 2021-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
  • 2021-02-25 VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 11-N)
  • 2021-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1811H1)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1811ER)
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 469 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b4a0db2-6aa7-4457-86f1-5f9a197e3fe1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).