# Virginia SB318: Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for local products and firms, by localities.

Virginia SB318, Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for local products and firms, by localities., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Adam P. Ebbin (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB318
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for local products and firms, by localities.
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Adam P. Ebbin (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for local products and firms; by localities. Allows the governing body of a county, city, or town to give preference to goods, services, and construction produced in such locality or provided by persons, firms, or corporations having principal places of business in the locality if the bid price is not more than five percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and active bidder. In such a circumstance, the bill permits the bidder of goods, services, and construction produced in such locality or provided by persons, firms, or corporations having principal places of business in the locality to match the price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Under current law, such preference may only be given in the case of a tie bid.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Adam P. Ebbin (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (22)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-02-20: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-20: Continued to 2027 in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-17: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-02-03: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2026-02-03: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-27: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB318) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Read second time (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Committee substitute printed 26105866D-S1 (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: General Laws and Technology Substitute (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101680D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2026-01-23: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228718.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228717.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228509.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228508.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230848.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230847.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. (in committee)
- HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements. (introduced)
- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228718.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228717.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228509.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228508.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230848.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230847.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB318-2027 (as of 2026-10-12).