l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 558

Public purchasing and bid law requirements; authorize prequalification of contractors on "high complexity construction projects".

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 30, 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 REVISE THE PUBLIC PURCHASING AND BID LAW REQUIREMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS ON HIGH COMPLEXITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; TO DEFINE "HIGH COMPLEXITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT" TO MEAN MEDICAL, CLINICAL, RESEARCH, LABORATORY, ARCHIVAL, DATA CENTER AND SIMILAR PROJECTS AT WHICH THE CRITICALITY OF INSTALLED SYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS NECESSITATE THE USE OF HIGHLY SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED CONTRACTORS; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROCEDURE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING MAY BE USED ONLY WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETERMINES THAT THE PREQUALIFICATION METHOD FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT SATISFIES THE PUBLIC NEED BETTER THAN THE TRADITIONAL DESIGN-BID-BUILD METHOD; TO REQUIRE THE PREQUALIFICATION TO BE DETERMINED NOT LESS THAN 15 WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST PUBLICATION NOTICE OF THE BID OPENING; TO ESTABLISH THE PREQUALIFICATION BID CRITERIA; 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

Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 8 to January 30, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 8 to Jan 30 · stopped22 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 8 to Jan 30 · stopped22 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 8 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 8Referred to the House committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 8Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives