Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 924
Public purchasing law; revise to provide that reverse auction shall be used by certain schools and districts.
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 REVERSE AUCTIONS SHALL ONLY BE REQUIRED BY INDIVIDUAL STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUAL STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS PURCHASE PRODUCTS THAT ARE SOLD THROUGH RESELLERS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL OR DISTRICT IS PURCHASING PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT SOLD THROUGH RESELLERS AND DETERMINES THAT REVERSE AUCTION IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE, THE INDIVIDUAL STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL OR DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHY A REVERSE AUCTION WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE AND PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS TO BE APPROVED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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.