Va. Public Procurement Act; determination of responsibility, etc.
Summary
Virginia Public Procurement Act; determinationof responsibility; local option to include criteria in Invitationto Bid. Allows localities to include in the Invitation to Bidcriteria that may be used in determining whether any bidder, notjust any bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Departmentof Transportation as under current law, is a responsible bidder.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Feb 17, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2021
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
4
Committee
5
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101375D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
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