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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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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 HB 452."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Virginia SB 650 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/967172cc-c4d5-492a-b771-bc4b18987fbb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB650"
source_hash: "ec06087413ddd7d6c08902f0346fa465ce3eda3e9bd69c868d307e8655fd471c"
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 SB 650 (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 The bill also removes outdated provisions related to informal solicitations required to be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website.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 HB 452.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0104)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB650ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB650ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB650E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB650E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB650)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB650)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102091D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB650)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB650E
- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20102091D-E
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB650E)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB650ER)
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (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/967172cc-c4d5-492a-b771-bc4b18987fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).