Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's County Affairs Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2329
Public purchases; exempt certain purchases by local governing authorities from reverse auction requirement.
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 THE REVERSE AUCTION REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PURCHASE BY A GOVERNING AUTHORITY UPON A FINDING AND DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY, BY RESOLUTION DULY AND LAWFULLY ADOPTED AND SPREAD UPON ITS MINUTES, THAT THE REVERSE AUCTION PROCESS IS NOT THE BEST METHOD FOR PURCHASING THAT PARTICULAR ITEM; 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
February 7 to March 3, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 7 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days
County AffairsFeb 7 to Mar 3 · stopped25 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 Feb 7 – Mar 3
- Feb 7Referred to the Senate committees on County Affairs and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 7Referred To County Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate