Relating to higher education contracting.
Summary
Requires public universities, community colleges and community college districts ] certain institutions of higher education to require contractors to employ apprentices and to establish and execute plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women and minority individuals for certain work relating to improvements to real property. Provides that requirements do not apply if institution of higher education determines that compliance with requirements would cause unreasonable expense or delay or reduce pool of bidders to fewer than three.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jan 14, 2019
Signed Jul 15, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2019 · House Jun 18, 2019
How they voted
23–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 29
Jun 6, 2019
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican10
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Jul 15, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jun 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed.
lower
Jun 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed.
upper
May 31, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Apr 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules by order of the President.
upper
Apr 15, 2019
Committee
Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
upper
Apr 15, 2019
Committee
Recommedation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules and rescind subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LB
Lee Beyer
DDemocratic
Co
James Manning
DDemocratic
Co
Janeen Sollman
DDemocratic
Co
PH
Paul Holvey
DDemocratic
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