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HB 153: Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services

GENERAL BILL by Hooper ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Adkins ; Ahern ; Moraitis ; Rehwinkel Vasilinda

Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services; Cites act as "Buy Florida Act"; requires agency, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of state to grant specified preference to vendor located within state when awarding contract for printing; requires, rather than authorizes, agency, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of state in making purchases of personal property through competitive solicitation to award preference to lowest responsible & responsive vendor having principal place of business within this state under specified circumstances; specifies percentages of preference to be granted.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Appropriations Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/19/2011 House • Filed
    10/3/2011 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 19
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 19
    1/23/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 01/25/12, 8:00 am, 306 HOB
    1/25/2012 House • Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 283
    • Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 283
    2/17/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/21/12, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall --Temporarily deferred
    3/9/2012 House • Died in Appropriations Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)

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  • HB 153, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/19/2011 at 8:10 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/25/2012 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 673 (c2) Preference in Award of Governmental Entity Contracts Brodeur Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in State Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (SAC)
    H 7087 (er) Economic Development Finance and Tax Committee Compare Last Action: 3/28/2012 Chapter No. 2012-32, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), HB 693 (Ch. 2012-208)
    Location: Became Law
    S 538 (e1) Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services Bogdanoff Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
    Location: In messages from Senate

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    283.35 Preference given printing within the state. Page 1 (pdf)
    287.084 Preference to Florida businesses. Page 2 (pdf)

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