Bill Text: VA SB632 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; establishment of state purchasing program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-27 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (13-Y 0-N) [SB632 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-SB632-Introduced.html
14103466D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1609.1 as follows: §2.2-1609.1. Establishment of minority-owned and women-owned procurement program. The Department shall, in conjunction with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Department of Transportation, develop a program, consistent with prevailing law, establishing a requirement that at least 15 percent of all state purchases be made from minority-owned or women-owned businesses that are also certified as small businesses pursuant to this chapter. |