l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1131

Local governmental entities; authorize to publish notices on a free, publicly accessible, official government website for purposes of transparency.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN AGENCY OR GOVERNING AUTHORITY DETERMINES THAT A REVERSE AUCTION WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE AGENCY OR GOVERNING AUTHORITY, THAT DETERMINATION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD FOR AN AGENCY AND BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY FOR A GOVERNING AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE THAT AN AGENCY SHALL SUBMIT A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHY A REVERSE AUCTION WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE AGENCY AND PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD; TO PROVIDE THAT A GOVERNING AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE FINDINGS IN ITS MINUTES OF WHY A REVERSE AUCTION WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF AS TO AN AGENCY, THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASING ENTITY TO SOLICIT BIDS WITH A METHOD OTHER THAN REVERSE AUCTION, OR IF AS TO A GOVERNING AUTHORITY, THE GOVERNING BOARD THEREOF AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASING ENTITY TO SOLICIT BIDS WITH A METHOD OTHER THAN REVERSE AUCTION, THEN THE PURCHASING ENTITY MAY DESIGNATE THE OTHER METHODS BY WHICH BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD MUST APPROVE ANY CONTRACT THAT AN AGENCY ENTERS INTO BY ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; 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 15 to February 27, 2018, 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 15 to Feb 723 days

TechnologyJan 15 to Jan 183 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 27 · stopped20 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 16 to Feb 27 · stopped11 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 7

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 15 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Technology
  2. Jan 18Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 7Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 12 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To TechnologyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 18Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 16Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  7. Feb 27Died In CommitteeSenate