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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Public Procurement Act; request for proposals, publication."
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description: "Removes the requirement for newspaper publication of Requests for Proposals for professional services. The bill also requires a local public body to post a Request for Proposal on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website when it elects not to publish such Request for Proposal in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the contract is to be performed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1629"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1629 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Computer Services and Uses", "Contracts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-10-26"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ebc90ad-7e48-4e00-843a-268e43e92673"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1629"
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source_hash: "a059619e1bef7a6a53ece46825bb04e493b1c878108a63d35e34f5af1fa5ee8f"
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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 HB 1629 (2019) — Virginia Public Procurement Act; request for proposals, publication.
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Removes the requirement for newspaper publication of Requests for Proposals for professional services. The bill also requires a local public body to post a Request for Proposal on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website when it elects not to publish such Request for Proposal in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the contract is to be performed.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0274)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1629)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1629ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1629ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104416D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1629H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100873D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1629)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **92–3** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-10-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100873D `introduction`
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- **2018-10-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-08** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 19104416D-H1
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- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1629H1
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 274 (effective 7/1/19) `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/7ebc90ad-7e48-4e00-843a-268e43e92673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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