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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management, contract requirements."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management, contract requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1491"
citation: "Virginia SB 1491 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ab60b83-2180-4d41-b23c-979a577a0ec9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1491"
source_hash: "f2686f4d439d306e1fa35cda1b2ce72a1962175d2e1abebc3580d4cc90e0f7a4"
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 1491 (2023) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management, contract requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0727)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105713D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1491S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104014D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1491)
4. **SB1491ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1491ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 23104014D `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB1491)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105713D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1491S1)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105713D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1491S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1491ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1491ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 727 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ab60b83-2180-4d41-b23c-979a577a0ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).