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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1131

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Military Affairs Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 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; 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 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Military AffairsJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Military Affairs and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Military Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives