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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 940

MS Transportation Commission; revise publication and bid requirements for Design-Build projects and allow use of alternate contracting methods.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 10, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO UPDATE CERTAIN PUBLICATION AND BID AWARD REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE THE ADVERTISEMENT TO BE POSTED ON A WEBSITE DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS INSTEAD OF A PUBLICATION WITHIN THE SEAT OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO ALLOW THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO UTILIZE FEDERALLY APPROVED ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING METHODS; 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

Kimberly Remak

Its course

February 2 to April 10, 2024, 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 action7 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Feb 2018 days

TransportationFeb 2 to Feb 1412 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Apr 10 · stopped50 days

Highways and TransportationFeb 27 to Mar 2729 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 Feb 2 – Feb 20

  1. Feb 2Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Feb 14Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 20Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 21 – Apr 10

  1. Feb 21Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 27Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
  3. Mar 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Apr 10Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 14Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 20PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 21Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 27Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
  6. Mar 27Title Suff Do PassSenate
  7. Apr 10Died On CalendarSenate