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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 647: Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 647 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Carroll Foy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer Carroll FoyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Finance and Appropriations
  2. Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB647S1)
  4. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  5. Committee substitute printed 24106986D-S1
  6. Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
  7. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  8. Impact statement from DPB (SB647)
  9. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  10. Presented and ordered printed 24105084D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source