Virginia Public Procurement Act; public institutions of higher education, disclosure required.
Summary
Requires every offeror who submits a proposal to a public institution of higher education for any construction project that (i) has a total cost of $5 million or more and (ii) uses a procurement method other than competitive sealed bidding to disclose any contributions the offeror or any affiliated entity, or any of their respective officers, directors, managers, or members, has made within the previous five-year period to the public institution of higher education or any private foundation that exists solely to support the public institution of higher education. Any person that knowingly fails to submit such required disclosure is subject to a civil penalty of $500 and is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Jan 31, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Referred from Education by voice vote
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1688E
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19103981D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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