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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracts."
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description: "Includes a school division in a locality with a population in excess of 78,000 under the exception from (i) the $100,000 single-project fee limit for architectural and professional engineering term contracts and (ii) the $1 million annual aggregate total of all such projects. Under the bill, such school divisions may pay a single-project fee of up to $2.5 million and an annual aggregate of $6 million."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1508"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1508 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Education", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e89d9591-e2bb-4fa4-8014-525ce447be39"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1508"
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source_hash: "6935200e2d7a87457bee093f486b288c53bb612af45dd3351724059c715b01d1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1508 (2017) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracts.
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Includes a school division in a locality with a population in excess of 78,000 under the exception from (i) the $100,000 single-project fee limit for architectural and professional engineering term contracts and (ii) the $1 million annual aggregate total of all such projects. Under the bill, such school divisions may pay a single-project fee of up to $2.5 million and an annual aggregate of $6 million.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0555)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1508ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1508ER)
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3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104079D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1508)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104079D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1508E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17104079D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-07** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1508E
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- **2017-02-07** Printed as engrossed 17104079D-E
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- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e89d9591-e2bb-4fa4-8014-525ce447be39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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