Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2815
Reverse auction and bidding requirements; allow schools to use alternative methods for products not typically resold.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SOLICIT BIDS WITH A METHOD OTHER THAN A REVERSE AUCTION WHEN PURCHASING PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY RESOLD; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD FOR APPROVAL; TO REQUIRE THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO PROMOTE OPEN COMPETITION AND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING AND TRAVEL; 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 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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.
In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate