Major information technology project procurement; terms and conditions, etc.
Summary
Requires, in any contract for a major information technology project, terms and conditions relating to the indemnification obligations and liability of a supplier to be reasonable and to not exceed in aggregate twice the value of the contract. The bill also provides that there is no limitation on the liability of a supplier for (i) any intentional or willful misconduct, fraud, or recklessness of a supplier or any employee of a supplier or (ii) claims for bodily injury, including death, and damage to real property or tangible personal property resulting from the negligence of a supplier or any employee of a supplier. The bill provides an exception to such conditions where the Secretary of Administration approves a reasonable maximum alternative limitation of liability amount recommended by the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth based on a risk assessment showing exceptional risk to the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 24, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2324H1
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105482D-H1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102823D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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