Mississippi House Bill 924 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Reverse Auctions Shall Only Be Required By Individual State Public Schools And Districts When Those Individual State Public Schools And Districts Purchase Products That Are Sold Through Resellers; To Provide That When The Individual State Public School Or District Is Purchasing Products That Are Not Sold Through Resellers And Determines That Reverse Auction Is Not In The Best Interest Of The State, The Individual State Public School Or District Shall Submit A Detailed Explanation Of Why A Reverse Auction Would Not Be In The Best Interest Of The State And Present An Alternative Process To Be Approved By The Local School Board; And For Related Purposes.

Public purchasing law; revise to provide that reverse auction shall be used by certain schools and districts.

Rep. Kent McCarty [R]

Rep. Kevin Felsher [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0924.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0924IN.htm