HB 398 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Virginia Public Procurement Act; bid, performance, and payment bonds, waiver by localities, sunset.

Summary
Adds a sunset date of July 1, 2021, to the provisions (i) authorizing a locality, where the bid, performance, and payment bond requirements are waived, to waive the requirement for prequalification for a bidder or contractor with a current Class A contractor license for nontransportation-related construction contracts in excess of $100,000 but less than $300,000 upon a written determination made in advance by the local governing body that waiving the requirement is in the best interests of the locality and (ii) prohibiting localities from entering into more than 10 such contracts per year.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2018 Last action Mar 14, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 5, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102197D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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State
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Glenn R. Davis
RRepublican
VA
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