Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies can now set specific rules about how public safety equipment and buildings are made before they pick a contractor. Currently, these agencies are not allowed to limit who can bid on projects based on certain criteria. This change allows them to require that bidders meet certain manufacturing standards for public safety technology and infrastructure.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to prequalification requirements for the construction of public safety infrastructure for and purchase of public safety technology by a governmental entity. Under current law, a governmental entity shall not impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential bidders to a predetermined class of bidders defined by certain criteria. The bill allows a governmental entity to require bidders to meet prequalification requirements related to production and manufacturing for the construction of public safety infrastructure for or the purchase of public safety technology by the governmental entity.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 29, 2024. On January 31, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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