Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities.
Summary
Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities. Allows localities to give a procurement preference to a higher bid that includes local products and firms so long as the bid price is not more than 10 percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. This bill was incorporated into HB 1361.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Last action Feb 1, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1361-Feggans)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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