---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; public body may purchase from contract of Va. Sheriffs' Association"
description: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; public body may purchase from contract of Va. Sheriffs' Association"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1548"
citation: "Virginia SB 1548 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d60722-959a-4311-9a17-b5610d10bea8"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1548"
source_hash: "4222ba4ce9022a958286853b6212efd28b9ec6f294e0540570250b48f6a97fab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1548 (2017) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; public body may purchase from contract of Va. Sheriffs' Association

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0636)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1548ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1548ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103671D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1548)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **16–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **89–11** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103671D `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-22** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 636 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5d60722-959a-4311-9a17-b5610d10bea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).