Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of goods transported by privately owned commercial vessels.
Summary
Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of goods transported by privately owned commercial vessels; required contract provisions. Provides that any contract a state agency enters into for goods that exceeds $10,000 shall contain a provision that the contractor must comply with federal law relating to the transportation of goods on privately owned commercial vessels, defined in the bill.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jul 21, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
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