Virginia Senate Bill 492 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
Pending: Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles; forced and child labor prohibition. Prohibits public bodies from awarding contracts to acquire an electric vehicle or electric vehicle component from a business unless such business provides a sworn declaration from the manufacturer of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component certifying that every person involved in the production of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component and every person involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of the material used in such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component did not use forced labor or oppressive child labor, both terms defined in the bill, in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component. Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles; forced and child labor prohibition. Prohibits public bodies from awarding contracts to acquire an electric vehicle or electric vehicle component from a business unless such business provides a sworn declaration from the manufacturer of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component certifying that every person involved in the production of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component and every person involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of the material used in such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component did not use forced labor or oppressive child labor, both terms defined in the bill, in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component.

Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles, forced and child labor prohibition.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-07	Senate	Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2024-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103609D

SB492 (Carry Over) 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4311.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+SB492
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+SB492+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+SB492F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S12C0093+SB0492