Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases.
Summary
Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases. Increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the small purchases exemption under the Virginia Public Procurement Act for single or term contracts for goods and services other than professional services. The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website. This bill is identical to HB 452.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 3, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/20)
Feb 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
Feb 13, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 13, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Jan 28, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Jan 27, 2020
Senate · Amendment offered
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB650E
Jan 27, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee amendments agreed to
Jan 27, 2020
Senate · Amendment offered
Reading of amendments waived
Jan 22, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
Jan 7, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Jan 7, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102091D
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JV
Jill Vogel
RRepublican
Co
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Wendy Gooditis
DDemocratic
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