republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; public higher educational institutions, disclosure by offerors."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education; disclosure required by certain offerors; civil penalty. Requires every offeror who is awarded a contract by a public institution of higher education for any construction project that has a total cost of $5 million or more to disclose any contributions the offeror has made within the previous five-year period totaling $25,000 or more to the public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education. The bill provides that no protest of an award shall lie for a claim that the selected offeror was awarded a contract solely based on such offeror's contribution to the public institution of higher education. The bill imposes a $500 civil penalty on any offeror that knowingly fails to submit the required disclosure. The provisions of the bill relating to such disclosure of gifts made by an offeror to a public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education expire on June 30, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Virginia SB 210 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57cc2583-4125-42e9-a46b-a9dd60af4c71"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB210"
source_hash: "0319c438fa6767990040ade9d3dde28f8db4fa32f3745c0e97b13df83ac84409"
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 210 (2022) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; public higher educational institutions, disclosure by offerors.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education; disclosure required by certain offerors; civil penalty. Requires every offeror who is awarded a contract by a public institution of higher education for any construction project that has a total cost of $5 million or more to disclose any contributions the offeror has made within the previous five-year period totaling $25,000 or more to the public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education. The bill provides that no protest of an award shall lie for a claim that the selected offeror was awarded a contract solely based on such offeror's contribution to the public institution of higher education. The bill imposes a $500 civil penalty on any offeror that knowingly fails to submit the required disclosure. The provisions of the bill relating to such disclosure of gifts made by an offeror to a public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education expire on June 30, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 19.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0096** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0096)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106372D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB210S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103354D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB210)
4. **SB210ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB210ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103354D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB210)
- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106372D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB210S1)
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106372D-S1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB210S1
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-22** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-02-25** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB210ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57cc2583-4125-42e9-a46b-a9dd60af4c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).