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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds."
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description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds. Requires a performance bond and payment bond to be furnished by the contractor for all nontransportation-related public construction contracts that exceed $500,000 and all transportation-related projects that exceed $350,000 and are partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth. Current law only requires these bonds for certain types of contracts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 259"
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citation: "Virginia SB 259 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ee89b6-f241-42d3-a59c-fcf0287c400b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB259"
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source_hash: "775c7ac39a56003562b2ed06356188ecc02cd660f98d2473f907d77a9360e804"
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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 259 (2022) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds.
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds. Requires a performance bond and payment bond to be furnished by the contractor for all nontransportation-related public construction contracts that exceed $500,000 and all transportation-related projects that exceed $350,000 and are partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth. Current law only requires these bonds for certain types of contracts.
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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. **CHAP0565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0565)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22107007D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB259H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101398D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB259)
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4. **SB259ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB259ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101398D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB259)
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- **2022-01-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-03-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-03-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute printed 22107007D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB259H1)
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- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22107007D-H1
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- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB259H1
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- **2022-03-08** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-09** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-09** Title replaced 22107007D-H1
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB259ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/22) `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/a5ee89b6-f241-42d3-a59c-fcf0287c400b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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