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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: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; architecturaland professional engineering term contracts; limitations. Increasesfrom four to five the number of times that a public body may renewa one-year term contract for architectural or professional engineeringservices related to multiple construction projects. The bill alsoadds an alternative option for public bodies to instead choose onefive-year term contract for such services with no option for renewals.The bill increases the aggregate limit for architectural and engineeringservices contracts for localities for projects performed in a one-yearcontract term from $6 million to $10 million. The bill also increasesthe aggregate limit for architectural and engineering services contractsfor environmental location, design, and inspection work regardinghighways and bridges by the Commissioner of Highways for projects performed in an initial two-year term contract from $5 million to$10 million."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 487"
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citation: "Virginia SB 487 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e1a8d18-6032-4150-91e9-39ce3e36e686"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB487"
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source_hash: "26e57804ab7e8162f92f7b92822d21b92e0ebf55679b5bbc1bf5e78d4a714d8c"
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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 487 (2020) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracts.
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; architecturaland professional engineering term contracts; limitations. Increasesfrom four to five the number of times that a public body may renewa one-year term contract for architectural or professional engineeringservices related to multiple construction projects. The bill alsoadds an alternative option for public bodies to instead choose onefive-year term contract for such services with no option for renewals.The bill increases the aggregate limit for architectural and engineeringservices contracts for localities for projects performed in a one-yearcontract term from $6 million to $10 million. The bill also increasesthe aggregate limit for architectural and engineering services contractsfor environmental location, design, and inspection work regardinghighways and bridges by the Commissioner of Highways for projects performed in an initial two-year term contract from $5 million to$10 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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0852)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB487ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB487ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB487)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB487)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB487S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB487S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104942D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB487)
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- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-15** Committee substitute printed 20105815D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB487S1)
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- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-20** Committee substitute agreed to 20105815D-S1
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- **2020-01-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB487S1
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- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB487ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 852 (effective 7/1/20) `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/4e1a8d18-6032-4150-91e9-39ce3e36e686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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