Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of imported goods, forced and child labor prohibition.

Changed age definition from 'under the age of 18' to 'younger than 18 years of age' for consistency in legal terminology

Replaced requirement for third-party certification with mandatory contract clauses prohibiting child labor in public contracts exceeding $10,000

Added requirement that contractors must include child labor prohibitions in every subcontract or purchase order exceeding $10,000

Shifted enforcement from Department of General Services developing certification regulations to direct contract provisions binding on subcontractors and vendors

Added page headers, session identifiers, and conference committee attribution information

Formatting changes including removal of original header lines and addition of new spacing, line breaks, and page numbering consistent with Senate amendment markup conventions.

Date placeholder in the House version was replaced with specific date (February 13, 2025) in the Senate version.

Added page numbers (3/4/25 13:58 and SB913H1) and additional spacing for legislative formatting purposes.

Changed the prohibited labor definition from 'forced and child labor' to 'forced and indentured child labor' with a new statutory definition referencing U.S. law.

Added requirement that public bodies cannot contract with businesses producing listed child labor products without third-party certification provided to the Commonwealth.

Added mandate for Department of General Services to develop regulations recognizing third-party certifications.

Added deadline for Department of General Services to promulgate implementing regulations by October 1, 2025.

Changed age threshold for child labor definition from under 16 years to under 18 years.

The definition of 'forced or indentured child labor' was updated to use the term 'forced labor' and expanded to include work obtained through force, fraud, coercion, threats, or abuse of legal process, plus work imposed on protected characteristics.

A new definition for 'oppressive child labor' was added, defining it as hazardous employment for individuals under 16 consistent with U.S. Executive Order 13126.

The language in the contract requirements was updated to prohibit both 'forced labor or oppressive child labor' instead of the previous combined term 'forced or indentured child labor'.

The document was reformatted from an enrolled bill format to a Senate substitute format with new line numbers and headers, but the substantive policy content remains consistent.

The definition of prohibited labor was changed from 'forced and child labor' to 'forced or indentured child labor' with more detailed language about work exacted under penalty or contract enforcement.

Added explicit requirement that contractors must include labor prohibitions in every subcontract or purchase order exceeding $10,000, ensuring the prohibition binds all downstream vendors.

Established a $10,000 threshold for contracts requiring labor prohibition clauses, replacing the previous undefined threshold.

The bill format changed from introduced draft to enrolled legislation, indicating it has been approved and signed into law.