Virginia House Bill 971 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-10)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-15 - Engrossment refused by House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; implementation of certification programs for small businesses; definition of small business; report. Changes the definition of small business, beginning July 1, 2017, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The bill provides that any business entity that the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department) has certified as a small business prior to July 1, 2017, shall have such certification extended for a three-year period. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department adopt regulations that will, beginning July 1, 2017, establish a three-year certification period for small businesses to be based on the dominant business activity of each small business entity. The bill (i) includes a definition of "dominant business activity"; (ii) provides for the Department to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with appropriate agencies establishing provisions for the sharing of information, consistent with the requirements of state and federal law; and (iii) requires the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to evaluate the effect of the implementation of the new definition at three-year intervals, reporting to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2020, and December 1, 2023.

Small businesses; implementation of certification programs, report.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]	Del. Luke Torian [D]	Del. Joseph Yost [R]
Del. David Albo [R]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Gordon Helsel [R]
Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. James LeMunyon [R]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]
Del. Scott Taylor [R]	Del. David Toscano [D]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2016-02-11 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 20 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-15	House	Engrossment refused by House
2016-02-15	House	Pending question ordered
2016-02-15	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105476D-H1
2016-02-15	House	Read second time
2016-02-13	House	Read first time
2016-02-11	House	Committee substitute printed 16105476D-H1
2016-02-11	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2016-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
2016-01-20	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103820D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	1604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1605	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1606.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4310	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB971
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB971+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB971H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1102V0036+HB0971
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H11V0106+HB0971