Mississippi House Bill 19

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-07 - Transmitted To Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, 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; And For Related Purposes.

Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]

Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]

2025-02-06 - House - House Passed (Y: 114 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-07	House	Transmitted To Senate
2025-02-06	House	Passed
2025-01-30	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2025-01-10	House	Referred To Workforce Development

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
31	7	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0019.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0019IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0019PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/votes/house/0310025.pdf