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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; small purchases."
description: "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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "Virginia HB 452 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c8aee5-16aa-4926-96ca-6d8df8499145"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB452"
source_hash: "338fd041716e75f4322dbb4c6a1a83e9ea9e4ce8ceadb3062fb72b1fa28507a4"
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 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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0044)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB452ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB452ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB452)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB452)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB452H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB452H1)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **950** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86c8aee5-16aa-4926-96ca-6d8df8499145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).