Virginia Senate Bill 589 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-30 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation; required contract provisions. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract of more than $100,000 that involves the performance of work within the Commonwealth provisions requiring the contractor to agree (i) that 51 percent of all positions created in performance of the contract be filled by Virginia residents, (ii) that 35 percent of the total hours worked by apprentices in positions created in performance of the contract be performed by Virginia residents, and (iii) to use the Virginia Employment Commission as the first source of referral for obtaining qualified applicants for any new position. Under the bill, "new position" shall not include a position that is filled by a current employee of the contractor or an individual who was previously laid off by the contractor.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; resident employment and apprenticeship participation.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2012-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-30		Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (12-Y 2-N)
2012-01-24		Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: #2
2012-01-19		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2012-01-19		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12103107D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4312.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB589
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB589+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S12V0053+SB0589