Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 8, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2535
Public purchasing; prohibit dividing of contracts to avoid competitive purchasing procedures.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AN AGENCY OR GOVERNING AUTHORITY FROM DIVIDING A CONTRACT INTO SEPARATE CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO AVOID COMPETITIVE PURCHASING PROCEDURES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 31-7-55 AND 31-7-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING CERTAIN PURCHASING PROCEDURES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to February 8, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 8 · stopped24 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 15 to Jan 2510 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 Senate Jan 15 – Feb 8
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 8Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 25Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 8Died On CalendarSenate