l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 299

State agency purchases and contracts; require percentage of total expenditures for to be made with disabled veterans.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Military Affairs Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD TO ADOPT REGULATIONS GOVERNING COMMODITY AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND STATE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS OF STATE AGENCIES IN A MANNER SO THAT NOT LESS THAN THREE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF ALL AGENCIES FOR THOSE PURPOSES WILL BE MADE TO QUALIFIED DISABLED VETERANS; TO REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF EACH AGENCY TO ESTABLISH GOALS FOR THE PARTICIPATION BY QUALIFIED DISABLED VETERANS IN PURCHASES, LEASES AND CONTRACTS OF THE AGENCY IN ORDER TO MEET THE THREE-PERCENT REQUIREMENT; TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD TO ANNUALLY REVIEW THE PROGRESS OF AGENCIES IN REACHING THEIR GOALS TO MEET THE THREE-PERCENT REQUIREMENT, WITH INPUT FROM STATEWIDE VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING WHETHER THE THREE-PERCENT REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE CONTINUED, INCREASED OR DECREASED; 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

Its course

January 5 to February 2, 2010, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days

Military AffairsJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days

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 5 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committees on Military Affairs and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Military Affairs;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives