Virginia Senate Bill 318 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 18 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-06 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [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, 2019, 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, 2019, 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, 2019, 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; (iii) authorizes the Director to terminate a contract with any independent certifying entities to assist in the certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses, service disabled veteran-owned businesses, and employment services organizations based on performance or a written determination by the Director that continuing the contract is not practicable; and (iv) 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, 2022, and December 1, 2025.

Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; implementation of certification programs.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2018-02-15 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17) (Y: 22 N: 17 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-06	House	Left in Appropriations
2018-02-28	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2019 by voice vote
2018-02-22	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
2018-02-15	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2018-02-15	House	Reported from General Laws with amendment (12-Y 10-N)
2018-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2018-01-29	House	Read first time
2018-01-29	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-22	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17)
2018-01-19	Senate	Passed by for the day
2018-01-18	Senate	Printed as engrossed 18103595D-E
2018-01-18	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB318E
2018-01-18	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2018-01-18	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2018-01-18	Senate	Read second time
2018-01-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-01-15	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
2018-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2018-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103595D

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?181+sum+SB318
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB318+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB318E+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S12V0018+SB0318
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0055SB0318+SB0318
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0078SB0318+SB0318
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H11V0236+SB0318