Virginia Senate Bill 954 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting; applicability. Requires a two-step process consisting of (i) a preconstruction contract and (ii) competitive sealed bidding for construction services for certain projects totaling less than $125 million. Complex projects, defined in the bill, may request an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law from the Secretary of Administration. If a complex project totals more than $125 million, the bill provides that an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law is not required. Finally, the bill states that competitive sealed bidding is the preferred method of procurement for construction services in the Commonwealth. Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting; applicability. Requires a two-step process consisting of (i) a preconstruction contract and (ii) competitive sealed bidding for construction services for certain projects totaling less than $125 million. Complex projects, defined in the bill, may request an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law from the Secretary of Administration. If a complex project totals more than $125 million, the bill provides that an exemption from the provisions of the bill and relevant law is not required. Finally, the bill states that competitive sealed bidding is the preferred method of procurement for construction services in the Commonwealth.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 4-N) (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 4-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-01	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100261D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4378	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4380.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4381.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4382	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4382.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB954
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB954+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB954F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0090+SB0954
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0303+SB0954