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SB 538: Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services

GENERAL BILL by Bogdanoff ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Fasano

Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services; Citing this act as the "Buy Florida Act"; requiring an agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of the state to grant a specified preference to a vendor located within the state when awarding a contract for printing; providing an exception to the requirement for competitive solicitation of contractual services and commodities for public service announcement programs provided by certain nonprofit corporations; prohibiting the preclusion of a vendor whose principal place of business is in this state from being an authorized reseller of information technology commodities of state contractors, under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  4. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/13/2011 Senate • Filed
    11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 47
    11/22/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/05/11, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    12/5/2011 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 111
    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 111
    12/21/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/09/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/9/2012 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 111
    • Now in Budget -SJ 111
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 47
    • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 109
    • Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
    1/27/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/01/12, 10:15 am, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/1/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 325
    • Now in Budget -SJ 325
    2/16/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/21/2012 Senate • Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671
    2/22/2012 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671
    2/28/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/12
    3/1/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 737
    • Amendment(s) adopted (201582, 741488, 843520, 853022) -SJ 737
    • Ordered engrossed -SJ 738
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/2/2012 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 768
    • Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 769
    3/2/2012 House • In Messages
    3/9/2012 House • Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)

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  • SB 538, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/1/2012 at 3:49 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 153 Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services Hooper Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Appropriations Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
    Location: In committee/council (APC)     		Track This Bill
    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)     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/2/2012 11:14 AM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    283.35 Preference given printing within the state. Page 2 (pdf)
    287.057 Procurement of commodities or contractual services. Page 2 (pdf)
    287.084 Preference to Florida businesses. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SB 538, Original Filed Version Posted 10/13/2011 at 11:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 12/2/2011 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 12/7/2011 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 1/6/2012 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 1/9/2012 (pdf)
    Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 1/30/2012 (pdf)
    Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/1/2012 (pdf)
    Budget (Pre-Meeting) 2/20/2012 (pdf)
    Budget (Post-Meeting) 2/21/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 153 Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services Hooper Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Appropriations Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
    Location: In committee/council (APC)     		Track This Bill
    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)     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (6)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    530992 - Amendment
    Delete lines 30 - 70 and insert:     		Bogdanoff 2/29/2012
    7:27 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    843520 - Amendment
    Delete lines 30 - 70 and insert:     		Bogdanoff 3/1/2012
    11:23 AM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    201582 - Amendment
    Between lines 41 and 42 insert:     		Bogdanoff 2/29/2012
    7:26 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    392622 - Amendment
    Delete line 41 and insert:     		Bogdanoff 3/1/2012
    10:05 AM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    853022 - Amendment
    Between lines 70 and 71 insert:     		Bogdanoff 3/1/2012
    10:04 AM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    741488 - Amendment
    Between lines 79 and 80 insert:     		Bogdanoff 2/29/2012
    7:25 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/1/2012     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (4)

    Date Committee Result
    12/5/2011 12:30 PM Community Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/9/2012 1:00 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/1/2012 10:15 AM Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/21/2012 3:45 PM Budget 21 Yeas - 0 Nays

    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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