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SB 259 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds.

Summary
Virginia Public Procurement Act; performance and payment bonds. Requires a performance bond and payment bond to be furnished by the contractor for all nontransportation-related public construction contracts that exceed $500,000 and all transportation-related projects that exceed $350,000 and are partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth. Current law only requires these bonds for certain types of contracts.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 8, 2022

How they voted

33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 24, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB259H1
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107007D-H1
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101398D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
VA
13