Virginia Senate Bill 658 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1015)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Contracts with design professionals; provisions requiring a duty to defend void. Provides that any provision contained in any contract relating to the planning or design of a building, structure, or appurtenance thereto, including moving, demolition, or excavation connected therewith, or any provision contained in any contract relating to the planning or design of construction projects by which any party purports to impose a duty to defend on any other party to the contract, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable.

Contracts with design professionals; provisions requiring a duty to defend void.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1015)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1015 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB658ER)
2020-03-03	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-24	House	Read second time
2020-02-20	House	Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N)
2020-02-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-04	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB658S2
2020-02-03	Senate	Substitute by Senator agreed to 20107348D-S2
2020-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 20106927D-S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-03	Senate	Floor substitute printed 20107348D-S2 (Surovell)
2020-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106927D-S1
2020-01-29	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102079D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB658
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB658+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB658S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB658S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB658ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1015+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0062+SB0658
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0257SB0658+SB0658
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0294SB0658+SB0658
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1104V0059+SB0658
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0405+SB0658
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1520+SB0658