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CS/CS/SB 246: Public Construction

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Hooper

Public Construction; Revising the amounts of retainage that local governmental entities and contractors may withhold from progress payments for any construction services contract; revising requirements for Department of Management Services rules governing certain contracts; revising the amounts of retainage that certain public entities and contractors may withhold from progress payments for any construction services contract, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/7/2019 Senate • Filed
    1/22/2019 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 51
    2/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/12/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
    2/12/2019 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
    2/13/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/15/2019 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
    2/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 51
    • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 186
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 152
    3/6/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/7/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations
    • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 188
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations

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  • CS/CS/SB 246, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/6/2019 at 5:27 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 101 (e1) Public Construction Business and Professions Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    218.735 Timely payment for purchases of construction services. Page 1 (pdf)
    255.05 Bond of contractor constructing public buildings; form; action by claimants. Page 4 (pdf)
    255.078 Public construction retainage. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 246, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/13/2019 at 1:43 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/4/2019 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/6/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 101 (c1) Public Construction Business and Professions Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    772792 - Amendment
    Delete lines 183 - 187 and insert:
    Community Affairs
    (Hooper)
    3/4/2019
    12:31 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/6/2019
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2019 2:30 PM Community Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    218.735 Timely payment for purchases of construction services. Page 1 (pdf)
    255.05 Bond of contractor constructing public buildings; form; action by claimants. Page 4 (pdf)
    255.078 Public construction retainage. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SB 246, Original Filed Version Posted 1/7/2019 at 9:29 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 2/11/2019 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 101 Public Construction Business and Professions Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    214284 - Amendment
    Delete lines 95 - 100 and insert:
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Hooper)
    2/11/2019
    3:58 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/12/2019
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/12/2019 4:00 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 4 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    255.05 Bond of contractor constructing public buildings; form; action by claimants. Page 1 (pdf)
    255.078 Public construction retainage. Page 2 (pdf)

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