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type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE."
description: "Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to SB 5039."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5050"
citation: "Virginia HB 5050 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c546b76-2df8-4cca-a361-eab6439d08c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5050"
source_hash: "545f593e85a4e0e4999171253cce28131ea42efcb05e7fbf9dcbab6599b63748"
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 5050 (2020specialI) — Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor, purchase of PPE.
Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of Governor; purchase of personal protective equipment during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat. Grants the Governor authority during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared to establish a program through which the Governor may purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for private, nongovernmental entities and distribute the PPE to such private, nongovernmental entities. The bill exempts the Governor's procurement of such PPE from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act, but requires the Governor to provide for competition where practicable and include a written statement regarding the basis for awarding any contract. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to consult with and survey private, nongovernmental entities prior to implementing any such program in order to assess demand for participation in the program, as well as the quantity and types of personal protective equipment such entities would like to procure. This bill is identical to SB 5039.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0038)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5050ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB5050E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5050)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5050S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5050S1)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N 1-A) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 1-N) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N) — **0–93** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (67-Y 30-N) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200767D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050)
- **2020-08-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws with amendments (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations with amendments (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments from General Laws agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Committee amendments from Apropriations agreed to
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB5050E
- **2020-09-03** Printed as engrossed 20200767D-E
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-09-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050E)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-18** Committee substitute printed 20201221D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5050S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-02** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 94-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 1-N)
- **2020-10-07** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-10-07** House acceded to request
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-10-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-10-13** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by House (67-Y 30-N)
- **2020-10-14** VOTE: Agreed To (67-Y 30-N)
- **2020-10-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-16** Enrolled
- **2020-10-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Signed by President
- **2020-10-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB5050ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c546b76-2df8-4cca-a361-eab6439d08c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).