l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1579

Public contracts; give preference to certain veteran-owned small businesses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Revenue and Expenditure General Bills Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SHALL ESTABLISH ANNUAL GOALS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN STATE CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE LETTING OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS, WHENEVER ALL THINGS STATED IN THE BIDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WITH REGARD TO QUALITY AND SERVICE BUT DIFFER ONLY WITH RESPECT TO PRICE, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO CERTIFIED SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IF THE AGGREGATE OF THE PRICES IN BIDS RECEIVED FROM A CERTIFIED SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS IS NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT GREATER THAN THE AGGREGATE OF THE PRICES IN BIDS RECEIVED FROM OTHER BIDDERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES CERTAIN BID REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC PURCHASES, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Revenue and Expenditure General BillsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives