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Bill	Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases.	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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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 SB 650.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 452	Virginia HB 452 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	4	31	7	2020-01-03	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/86c8aee5-16aa-4926-96ca-6d8df8499145	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB452	338fd041716e75f4322dbb4c6a1a83e9ea9e4ce8ceadb3062fb72b1fa28507a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 452 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases.

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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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 SB 650.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB452ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB452) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB452H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103225D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB452)
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106867D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB452H1)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20106867D-H1
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB452H1
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB452ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86c8aee5-16aa-4926-96ca-6d8df8499145. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).