HB 777 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

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 Mar 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

General Laws Substitute → Procurement/Open Government Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text underwent significant formatting changes between the General Laws Substitute and the Procurement Subcommittee Substitute versions. The primary substantive content regarding procurement requirements for privately owned commercial vessels remains unchanged. These changes appear to be technical formatting adjustments rather than policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes including removal of date headers, addition of session information, reorganization of line numbering, and insertion of document identifiers. The actual legislative text and policy provisions remain substantively identical.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

84–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 88

Feb 13, 2026

D Democratic53

50 Yea 3

94% Yea

R Republican35

34 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

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