Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, single or term contracts.
Summary
Increases the maximum permissible aggregate or sum of all phases of single or term contracts for professional services that may be procured without requiring competitive negotiation from $60,000 to $80,000. The bill also increases the maximum sum of architectural or professional engineering services contracts performed in a one-year contract term from $500,000 to $750,000.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 13, 2017
Last action Mar 15, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB97S1
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107564D-S1
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB97E
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Dec 13, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Dec 13, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102038D
legislature
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher K. Peace
RRepublican
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
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