Virginia HB 685: Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for contractor using automatic billing verification software.

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20103008D

HOUSE BILL NO. 685 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 6, 2020 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 2.2-4328.1, relating to Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference 
 for contractors using automatic billing verification software. 
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Patrons-- LaRock, Cole, M.L. and Fowler 

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Referred to Committee on General Laws 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 2.2-4328.1 as follows: 

� 2.2-4328.1. 
 Preference for contractors using automatic billing verification software.

A. Notwithstanding 
 the provisions of � 2.2-4324 or 2.2-4328, for 
 any bid on a contract (i) in 
 excess of $500,000 and (ii) requiring 
 work to be performed using a computer, all 
 state agencies shall give preference to responsive 
 and responsible bidders that agree 
 to verify the hours worked on the associated contract 
 and billed to the agency by using automatic billing 
 verification software that:

1. Automatically 
 counts and reports the number of keystrokes and mouse events without recording 
 any actual keystrokes or mouse events;

2. Automatically takes 
 screenshots on a regular basis, but not less than once every six 
 minutes;

3. Meets all state and 
 federal privacy and confidentiality laws and protects all data that is private 
 or confidential to contractors and individual users; and

4. Is 
 procured by the contractor from an independent third-party 
 vendor.

B. Any 
 data collected by such automatic 
 billing verification pursuant to a 
 contract with a state agency shall be considered 
 accounting records belonging to the contractor; however, no contractor shall 
 sell or transfer such data or use it for any other purpose or manner other than 
 to verify and manage the hours worked on the associated 
 contract and billed to the agency.

C. 
 The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

1. Work performed by a 
 state employee;

2. Work performed on a 
 state-owned device;

3. Contracts between 
 state agencies; or

4. Contracts with any law-enforcement 
 agency or with any agency 
 that is the custodian of criminal justice 
 information, as defined 
 in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice 
 Information Services Division's 
 Security Policy, as amended from time to time.