Florida House Bill 985 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs that agencies avoid contract bundling under certain circumstances; requires agencies to conduct market research & include written summaries & analyses of such research in solicitations for bundled contracts; requires agencies to award a specified percentage of contracts to small businesses; requires contract vendors to use small businesses in the state as subcontractors or subvendors; provides requirements with respect to payment of subcontractors; prohibits agencies, general contractors, or prime contractors from requiring certain bonds or other sureties for certain contracts; requires the rules ombudsman in the EOG to establish a system for reporting small business participation in state contracting; requiring agencies to cooperate with such reporting; requires specified annual reports.

Small Business Participation in State Contracting

Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-03-04	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2013-02-22	House	Filed

S1142 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/985
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0985/BillText/Filed/PDF