Bill Text: VA SB632 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; establishment of state purchasing program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-27 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (13-Y 0-N) [SB632 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB632-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 632 Offered January 17, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-1609.1, relating to the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; establishment of minority-owned and women-owned state purchasing program. ---------- Patron-- Lucas ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1609.1 as follows:

§2.2-1609.1. Establishment of minority-owned and women-owned procurement program.

The Department shall, in conjunction with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Department of Transportation, develop a program, consistent with prevailing law, establishing a requirement that at least 15 percent of all state purchases be made from minority-owned or women-owned businesses that are also certified as small businesses pursuant to this chapter.