republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-311.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system."
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals. Mandates that all local public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth's statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA, or other electronic means. Current law only encourages local public bodies to use eVA for such submissions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Virginia HB 311 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ae0b86-60cd-4db6-86c7-86cc24e128d6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB311"
source_hash: "f591ca1ac247403508b448d47078ca0378dd0992f63c0fa3cd0a576ec242d53d"
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 311 (2024) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals. Mandates that all local public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth's statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA, or other electronic means. Current law only encourages local public bodies to use eVA for such submissions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0438** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0438)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106403D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB311H1)
3. **HB311ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB311ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103579D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB311)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103579D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB311)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106403D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB311H1)
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106403D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB311H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB311ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB311ER)
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ae0b86-60cd-4db6-86c7-86cc24e128d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).