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| Bill | Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, submitting bids electronically. | Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; submitting bids electronically. Provides that all state public bodies accepting bids or proposals for contracts pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act shall provide an option to submit bids or proposals through the Commonwealth's electronic procurement system, known as eVA. The Director of the Department of General Services, or his designee, is authorized under the bill to grant an exemption from such requirement at the request of a state public body and upon a showing of good cause. In the bill, local public bodies are encouraged to use eVA to offer an electronic submission option. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 964 | Virginia HB 964 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 964 (2022) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, submitting bids electronically.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; submitting bids electronically. Provides that all state public bodies accepting bids or proposals for contracts pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act shall provide an option to submit bids or proposals through the Commonwealth's electronic procurement system, known as eVA. The Director of the Department of General Services, or his designee, is authorized under the bill to grant an exemption from such requirement at the request of a state public body and upon a showing of good cause. In the bill, local public bodies are encouraged to use eVA to offer an electronic submission option. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0360 (committee substitute) — source
- HB964ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104263D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104263D
introduction - 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
referral-committee - 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB964)
- 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Reported from General Laws (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-08 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Reading of amendment waived
- 2022-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2022-02-28 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB964ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/23)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dff140a-6f2b-4db3-a9e0-2f5ba03d9196. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).