republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2324.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Major information technology project procurement; terms and conditions, etc."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2324"
citation: "Virginia HB 2324 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher K. Peace"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332c6f75-0f9c-428f-853b-23dfbc97790c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2324"
source_hash: "455ad5f7b550d1b54c3c68f7cff10bfaa7b9478cabca735da8ced99420d483e8"
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 HB 2324 (2019) — Major information technology project procurement; terms and conditions, etc.

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

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0605)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2324)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2324ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2324ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105482D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2324H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102823D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2324)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102823D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 19105482D-H1
- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2324H1
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332c6f75-0f9c-428f-853b-23dfbc97790c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).