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CS/SB 438: Small Business Participation in State Contracting

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Bullard

Small Business Participation in State Contracting; Defining the terms “contract bundling” and “small business”; directing that agencies avoid contract bundling under certain circumstances; requiring agencies to conduct market research and include written summaries and analyses of such research in solicitations for bundled contracts; requiring the rules ombudsman in the Executive Office of the Governor to establish a system for reporting small business participation in state contracting, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
 Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (AGG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/6/2015 Senate • Filed
10/9/2015 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 34
10/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 11/02/15, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Meeting cancelled
11/23/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 12/01/15, 1:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
1/4/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/11/16, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
1/11/2016 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 -SJ 126
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 34
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government -SJ 126
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 114
3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government