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| Bill | Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts, effective clause. | Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts. Allows, in any construction contract between an owner and a general contractor or between a general contractor and a subcontractor, such contractor or subcontractor to tender a retainage bond, defined in the bill, as a substitute for retainage withheld as security in such contracts. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 165 | Virginia SB 165 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 165 (2026) — Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts, effective clause.
Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts. Allows, in any construction contract between an owner and a general contractor or between a general contractor and a subcontractor, such contractor or subcontractor to tender a retainage bond, defined in the bill, as a substitute for retainage withheld as security in such contracts. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101912D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-07 Introduced bill reprinted 26101912D
- 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB165ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter485 (Effective -see bill)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ab32a4e-b144-4f9c-894c-2ccbae2c826e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).