2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25101742D

SENATE BILL NO. 1165

Offered January 8, 2025

Prefiled January 7, 2025

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-4328.3, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; environmental protection and product safety standards.

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Patron—Salim

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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-4328.3 as follows:

§ 2.2-4328.3. National environmental protection and product safety standards.

No public body in any procurement policy, bid, request for proposal, public contract, or other document shall prohibit or otherwise exclude from use any materials contained in or products associated with solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities that meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels.