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SB213Introduced in the Senate

State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures

Passed

Introduced by Karen Lewis Young, District 3

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; adding an exemption to the prohibition on an individual who assists in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, or a request for proposals from submitting a bid or proposal or assisting in the submission of a bid or proposal; requiring a procurement contract to include a certain clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering the required contents of a certain change order; etc.

Where it stands

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Third Reading Passed · April 13, 2026

120

Yes

0

No

21

Absent or Not Voting

141 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

Bill history

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Budget and Taxation

  3. Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.

  4. Hearing canceled

  5. Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

  6. Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

  7. Favorable with Amendments {683521/1 Adopted

  8. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  9. Third Reading Passed (40-0)

  10. Referred Rules and Executive Nominations

  11. Rereferred to Government, Labor, and Elections

  12. Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

  13. Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  14. Third Reading Passed (120-0)

  15. Returned Passed

  16. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395

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