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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid bonds, construction contracts."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid bonds; certain transportation-related contracts. Provides that, except in cases of emergency, all bids and proposals for certain transportation-related contracts in excess of $350,000 and partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a bid bond. Current law sets the bid or proposal amount for such contracts at $250,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Virginia SB 258 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/356bee62-417a-43ad-8504-f5f45220500f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB258"
source_hash: "7b905dba4f2e9d2f572c20b34d7afe2ca6787fb9c33b81a3ba2b4b710ed0cbda"
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 258 (2022) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid bonds, construction contracts.
Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid bonds; certain transportation-related contracts. Provides that, except in cases of emergency, all bids and proposals for certain transportation-related contracts in excess of $350,000 and partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a bid bond. Current law sets the bid or proposal amount for such contracts at $250,000.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0413)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107006D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB258H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101397D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB258)
4. **SB258ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB258ER)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **61** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101397D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB258)
- **2022-01-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute printed 22107006D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB258H1)
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22107006D-H1
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB258H1
- **2022-03-08** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Title replaced 22107006D-H1
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB258ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/356bee62-417a-43ad-8504-f5f45220500f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).