Virginia Senate Bill 607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 27 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on performance bonds; statute of limitations on construction contracts and architectural and engineering contracts. Provides that an action against the surety on a performance bond shall be brought within five years after the completion of the contract. The bill further provides that the statute of limitations on construction contracts and architectural and engineering contracts is 15 years after completion of the contract. The bill specifies that completion of the contract is the final payment to the contractor pursuant to the terms of the contract, but that if a final certificate of occupancy or written final acceptance of the project is issued prior to final payment, the period to bring an action shall commence no later than 12 months from the date of the certificate of occupancy or written final acceptance of the project.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts.

Sen. Thomas Norment [R]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2020-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)
2020-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB607ER)
2020-03-02	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-25	House	VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	Read third time
2020-02-24	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-18	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB607S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105828D-S1
2020-02-10	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-10	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105828D-S1
2020-02-05	Senate	Incorporates SB195 (Cosgrove)
2020-02-05	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2020-01-15	Senate	Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102689D

SB195 (Similar To) 2020-02-05 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB1300 (Same As) 2020-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4340	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4340.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4343	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	212.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	1017	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB607
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB607ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0497+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0008+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0218+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0410SB0607+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0450SB0607+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0451SB0607+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0338+SB0607
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1359+SB0607