Mississippi House Bill 1421

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Public Purchasing Law To Provide That Purchases Which Do Not Involve An Expenditure Of More Than $10,000.00 May Be Made Without Advertising Or Otherwise Requesting Competitive Bids; To Revise The Reverse Auction Method For Receiving Bids To Differentiate Between Agencies And Governing Authorities; To Provide That If An Agency Determines That A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Agency, Then That Determination Must Be Approved By The Public Procurement Review Board; To Provide That If A Governing Authority Determines That A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Governing Authority, Then That Determination Must Be Approved By The Governing Board Of The Governing Authority; To Provide That The Agency And Governing Authority Must Submit An Explanation As To Why A Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The Agency Or Governing Authority; To Amend Sections 31-3-1, 31-5-37 And 31-5-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 31-7-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Competitive Purchasing Threshold For Certain County Purchases; To Bring Forward Section 31-7-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Public purchasing; increase threshold for bidding and revise provisions related to reverse auctions.

Rep. Kevin Ford [R]

2024-03-08 - House - House Passed (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-03-22	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2024-03-11	House	Transmitted To Senate
2024-03-08	House	Passed
2024-02-29	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1421.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1421IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1421PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/house/0670005.pdf