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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 482<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter 302<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65884,"section_number":"2.2-1604","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1604\/"},{"id":73978,"section_number":"2.2-1605.1","catch_line":"Mentorship program","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1605.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73978,"section_number":"2.2-1605.1","catch_line":"Mentorship program","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1605.1\/"},{"id":59798,"section_number":"2.2-4310","catch_line":"Discrimination prohibited; participation of small, women-owned, minority-owned, military family-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses and employment services organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173107,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80210,"identifier":"2.2-1610","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1610","url":"\/2.2-1610\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1610\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1610","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports and recommendations; collection of data","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1610","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director shall, from time to time, submit directly or through an assistant to the Governor his recommendations for legislation or other action as he deems desirable to promote the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tThe Director shall report, on or before November 1 of each year, to the Governor and the General Assembly the identity of the state departments<\/span> and agencies failing to submit annual progress reports on small, women-owned, and minority-owned business<\/span> procurement required by \u00a7 2.2-4310<\/a> and the nature and extent of such lack of compliance. The annual report shall include recommendations on the ways to improve compliance with the provisions of \u00a7 2.2-4310<\/a> and such other related matters as the Director deems appropriate. The Department<\/span> shall include in its annual report information on the progress of the mentorship program established under \u00a7 2.2-1605.1<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Director, with the assistance of the Comptroller, shall develop and implement a systematic data collection process that will provide information for a report to the Governor and General Assembly on state expenditures to small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses during the previous fiscal year.\n\t\tAn institution exercising authority granted under this section shall promptly make available to the Department<\/span>, upon request, copies of its procurement records, receipts, and transactions in regard to procurement from small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses in order<\/span> for the Department<\/span> to ensure institution compliance with its approved reporting and certification<\/span> criteria.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; COLLECTION OF DATA (\u00a7 2.2-1610)\n\nThe Director shall, from time to time, submit directly or through an assistant\nto the Governor his recommendations for legislation or other action as he deems\ndesirable to promote the purposes of this chapter.\n\t\tThe Director shall report, on or before November 1 of each year, to the\nGovernor and the General Assembly the identity of the state departments and\nagencies failing to submit annual progress reports on small, women-owned, and\nminority-owned business procurement required by \u00a7 2.2-4310 and the nature and\nextent of such lack of compliance. The annual report shall include\nrecommendations on the ways to improve compliance with the provisions of \u00a7\n2.2-4310 and such other related matters as the Director deems appropriate. The\nDepartment shall include in its annual report information on the progress of the\nmentorship program established under \u00a7 2.2-1605.1.\n\t\tThe Director, with the assistance of the Comptroller, shall develop and\nimplement a systematic data collection process that will provide information for\na report to the Governor and General Assembly on state expenditures to small,\nwomen-owned, and minority-owned businesses during the previous fiscal year.\n\t\tAn institution exercising authority granted under this section shall promptly\nmake available to the Department, upon request, copies of its procurement\nrecords, receipts, and transactions in regard to procurement from small,\nwomen-owned, and minority-owned businesses in order for the Department to ensure\ninstitution compliance with its approved reporting and certification criteria.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 482; 2022, c. 302.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}