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Bill Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting. Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations. Provides that the sum of all projects performed in an architectural and professional engineering contract term shall not exceed $10 million, and the fee for any single project shall not exceed $2.5 million. The bill allows a contract for multiple architectural or professional engineering projects to be renewable for up to three additional terms at the option of the public body. Current law limits the sum of all projects performed in a one-year contract term to $750,000, with up to four additional one-year terms at the option of the public body, and limits the fee for any single project to $150,000, with specific exceptions to those limits, including a limit for total projects for rail projects of $5 million and for highway projects, $8 million. The bill also removes specific agency and locality exceptions to such current limits. This bill incorporates HB 438 and is identical to SB 225. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 429 Virginia HB 429 (2022)
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Virginia HB 429 (2022) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations. Provides that the sum of all projects performed in an architectural and professional engineering contract term shall not exceed $10 million, and the fee for any single project shall not exceed $2.5 million. The bill allows a contract for multiple architectural or professional engineering projects to be renewable for up to three additional terms at the option of the public body. Current law limits the sum of all projects performed in a one-year contract term to $750,000, with up to four additional one-year terms at the option of the public body, and limits the fee for any single project to $150,000, with specific exceptions to those limits, including a limit for total projects for rail projects of $5 million and for highway projects, $8 million. The bill also removes specific agency and locality exceptions to such current limits. This bill incorporates HB 438 and is identical to SB 225.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0504 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105823D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB429ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100617D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — 180 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100617D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB429)
  • 2022-01-21 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-03 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-03 Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-03 Committee substitute printed 22105823D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-02-03 Incorporates HB438 (Sewell)
  • 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB429H1)
  • 2022-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-08 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22105823D-H1
  • 2022-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB429H1
  • 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-16 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-02-21 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2022-02-21 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-23 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-23 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-25 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-02-25 Signed by President
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB429ER)
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 504 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0071ca2d-eaec-497f-9ff0-ec4ded62169b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).