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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 904

Public purchasing; preference shall as given to Mississippi-based businesses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Fees, Salaries and Administration Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 31-7-15 AND 31-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MISSISSIPPI-BASED BUSINESSES SHALL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE OVER NON-MISSISSIPPI BUSINESSES IN PUBLIC PURCHASES AND CONTRACTING IF THE PRICES IN BIDS RECEIVED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI-BASED BUSINESSES ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT GREATER THAN THE PRICES IN BIDS RECEIVED FROM NON-MISSISSIPPI BUSINESSES AND ALL OTHER THINGS STATED IN THE RECEIVED BIDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY AND SERVICE; TO PROVIDE THAT IN PUBLIC PURCHASES FOR COMMODITIES, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO BIDS RELATING TO COMMODITIES GROWN, PROCESSED OR MANUFACTURED IN MISSISSIPPI IF THE PRICES IN RECEIVED BIDS THAT RELATE TO THE MISSISSIPPI COMMODITIES ARE NOT MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT GREATER THAN THE LOWEST AND BEST BIDDER AND ALL OTHER THINGS STATED IN THE RECEIVED BIDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY AND SERVICE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION JOINTLY SHALL PROMOTE THE POLICY OF "BUY MISSISSIPPI FIRST" BY MAKING PRESENTATIONS AND PROVIDING INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS TO BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT OUTLINE THE PUBLIC PURCHASING PROCEDURES OF THE STATE, AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAN BUILD THEIR BUSINESSES BY SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Omeria Scott

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 416 days

AppropriationsJan 19 to Feb 315 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Fees, Salaries and AdministrationFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 4

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 4Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 6 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 6Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 10Referred to the Senate committees on Fees, Salaries and Administration and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 6Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 10Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate