Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Apr 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Apr 4, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 1/1/25)
executive
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB311ER)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
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