republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-890.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction management or design-build contracts; use by local public bodies."
description: "Construction management contracting; use by local public bodies. Removes the provision limiting the use of construction management contracts by local public bodies to projects with a cost expected to exceed $10 million and provides that construction management may be utilized on projects where the project cost is expected to be less than the project threshold established in the procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for using construction management contracts. This bill is identical to SB 341."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 890"
citation: "Virginia HB 890 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81349a9c-75ac-487f-a2df-53368c1b9249"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB890"
source_hash: "d300bf604a3ca54c441353a27845e40095c8e1b7f63886b24f75f7e65093d668"
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 HB 890 (2020) — Construction management or design-build contracts; use by local public bodies.

Construction management contracting; use by local public bodies. Removes the provision limiting the use of construction management contracts by local public bodies to projects with a cost expected to exceed $10 million and provides that construction management may be utilized on projects where the project cost is expected to be less than the project threshold established in the procedures adopted by the Secretary of Administration for using construction management contracts. This bill is identical to SB 341.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0162)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB890ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB890ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB890)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB890)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB890H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB890H1)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105095D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB890)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20105727D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB890H1)
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20105727D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB890H1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB890ER)
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81349a9c-75ac-487f-a2df-53368c1b9249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).