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type: "Bill"
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title: "DGS; public posting of contract information on central electronic procurement."
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description: "Department of General Services; public posting of contract information on central electronic procurement system. Provides for the Department of General Services to post on its central electronic procurement system awarded contracts and any modifications to such contracts. The bill also requires agencies that use the Department's central procurement website to post the same information and provides that any contract awarded pursuant to an Invitation to Bid or a Request for Proposals on or after July 1, 2021, including any subsequent modifications to the contract by a using agency, shall be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system. The bill requires a modification made by a using agency on or after July 1, 2021, to any other contract that has two or more years remaining to be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system, along with the original contract and any previous modifications. This bill is identical to SB 563."
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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: "HB 544"
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citation: "Virginia HB 544 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58ae95e-5514-484d-8a25-f2625186f4e4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB544"
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source_hash: "d08e4a87ee1982557277a6b7b3d0402f0d27932db3ff9e5deca2ab74a9d2b8a1"
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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 544 (2020) — DGS; public posting of contract information on central electronic procurement.
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Department of General Services; public posting of contract information on central electronic procurement system. Provides for the Department of General Services to post on its central electronic procurement system awarded contracts and any modifications to such contracts. The bill also requires agencies that use the Department's central procurement website to post the same information and provides that any contract awarded pursuant to an Invitation to Bid or a Request for Proposals on or after July 1, 2021, including any subsequent modifications to the contract by a using agency, shall be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system. The bill requires a modification made by a using agency on or after July 1, 2021, to any other contract that has two or more years remaining to be posted on the Department's central electronic procurement system, along with the original contract and any previous modifications. This bill is identical to SB 563.
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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 (CHAP0047)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0047)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB544ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB544ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB544)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB544)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB544H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB544H1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102487D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB544)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20106250D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB544H1)
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20106250D-H1
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- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB544H1
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB544ER)
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (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/e58ae95e-5514-484d-8a25-f2625186f4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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