Relating to public contracts; to prohibit the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria when awarding a public contract; and to require a responsible bidder, as a condition of being awarded a public contract, to certify, under penalty of perjury, that its employees will not be subject to a personal ESG rating as a basis of hiring, firing, or evaluation.
Summary
Public contracts; ESG criteria prohibited in public contract.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 22, 2023
Last action May 31, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Commerce and Small Business)
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (State Government)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chip Brown
RRepublican
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