Virginia House Bill 847 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-05 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts; statute of limitations on actions on performance bonds. Provides that no action may be brought by a public body on any construction contract, including construction management and design-build contracts, unless such action is brought within five years after completion of the work on the project, and provides that no action may be brought by a public body on a warranty or guaranty in such construction contract more than one year from the breach of that warranty, but in no event more than one year after the expiration of such warranty or guaranty. The bill also limits the time frame during which a public body, other than the Department of Transportation, may bring an action against a surety on a performance bond to within one year after completion of the work on the project. Current law allows a public body, other than the Department of Transportation, to bring such an action within one year after (i) completion of the contract, including the expiration of all warranties and guaranties, or (ii) discovery of the defect or breach of warranty that gave rise to the action. The bill contains technical amendments.

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

Del. Chris Runion [R]

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	House	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1300-Hurst) by voice vote
2020-01-30	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2020-01-21	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-21	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102838D

HB1300 (Similar To) 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+HB847
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB847+hil