Mississippi House Bill 118

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-10 - Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Pending: House Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Public Purchasing Law To Provide That Purchases By Governing Authorities Which Do Not Involve An Expenditure Of More Than $25,000.00 May Be Made Without Advertising Or Otherwise Requesting Competitive Bids; To Amend Sections 31-7-103, 31-7-119 And 31-3-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Sections 31-5-37 And 31-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding by governing authorities to $25,000.00.

Rep. Lee Yancey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-10	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
31	3	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
31	5	37	New Code	See Bill Text
31	5	51	New Code	See Bill Text
31	7	103	Amended Code	See Bill Text
31	7	119	Amended Code	See Bill Text
31	7	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0118.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0118IN.htm