CS/HB 307: Preference in Award of Governmental Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Government Operations Subcommittee ; Tobia
Preference in Award of Governmental Contracts; Authorizes agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of state to provide preferential consideration to Florida business in awarding competitively bid contracts to purchase construction services; provides that for specified competitive solicitations authority to grant preference supersedes any local ordinance or regulation which grants preference to specified vendors; requires university, college, school district, or other political subdivision to make specified disclosures in competitive solicitation documents; requires legal written opinions to accompany specified bids, proposals, & reply documents; expands provisions that require agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of state to provide preferential consideration to Florida business in awarding competitively bid contracts to purchase personal property to require counties & municipalities to provide such preferential consideration; provides that for specified competitive solicitations authority to grant preference supersedes any local ordinance or regulation which grants preference to specified vendors; requires university, college, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision to make specified disclosures in competitive solicitation documents.
Last Action: 5/3/2013 House - Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/18/2013 | House |
• Filed |
| 1/30/2013 | House |
• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 43 |
| 3/4/2013 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 03/06/13, 10:00 am, Webster Hall |
| 3/5/2013 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 43 |
| 3/6/2013 | House |
• CS by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 2 -HJ 216 |
| 3/11/2013 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Government Operations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 208 |
| 3/12/2013 | House |
• Now in Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 226 |
| 5/3/2013 | House |
• Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee |
