# Virginia HB2751: Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited, military family owned businesses. Virginia HB2751, Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited, military family owned businesses., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Michael B. Feggans (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-24 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2751-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2751 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited, military family owned businesses. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-17 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422) - Sponsor: Michael B. Feggans (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (315 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited; military family-owned businesses. Prohibits any public body from discriminating against a bidder or offeror in the solicitation or awarding of contracts on the basis of status as a military family, defined in the bill. The bill provides that all public bodies shall establish programs to facilitate the participation of military family-owned businesses, as defined in the bill, in procurement transactions. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Michael B. Feggans (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (32) - 2025-03-24: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422) (Governor) - 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor-Chapter 422 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-03: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-03: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-22: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2751) (House) - 2025-02-19: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2751ER) (House) - 2025-02-19: Enrolled (House) - 2025-02-19: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-17: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-02-03: General Laws Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-02: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106229D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-30: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-29: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2751) (House) - 2025-01-28: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government (House) - 2025-01-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2751) (House) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2025-01-17: Presented and ordered printed 25105321D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074313.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074312.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-02-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057108.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057107.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036405.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036404.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032182.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032181.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-17: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022535.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022534.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074313.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074312.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057108.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057107.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036405.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036404.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032182.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032181.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022535.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022534.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2751-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).