HB 1802 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; powers and duties.

Summary
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; employment services organizations. Amends provisions related to the powers and duties of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to allow the Department to implement any remediation or enhancement measure for employment services organizations as may be authorized by the Governor pursuant to existing law and develop regulations for program implementation. The bill also directs the Department to amend relevant regulations of the Virginia Administrative Code to reflect the intent of the General Assembly to specifically reference "employment services organizations" in such regulations. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

General Laws Subcommittee Substitute General Laws Substitute · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text underwent significant formatting and layout changes, including the addition of page numbers, line numbers, and spacing adjustments typical of legislative markup. The substantive policy content regarding the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity's powers, duties, and reporting requirements remains unchanged. No new eligibility criteria, funding amounts, dates, or enforcement mechanisms were added or removed.
TECHNICAL

Added page headers, line numbers, and spacing consistent with House Substitute formatting standards; no substantive policy changes.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Feb 14, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
15 Yea 4
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1802ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Laura Jane Cohen
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
VA
15