Bill Text: NH HB284 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to financial information regarding requests for bids and proposals and to raise the minimum value of county purchases of equipment or materials which are subject to competitive bidding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-12 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 126; 08/29/2023 House Journal 17 [HB284 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB284-Introduced.html
HB 284 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0140
06/08
HOUSE BILL 284
AN ACT relative to financial information regarding requests for bids and proposals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Rollins, Sull. 3; Rep. Plett, Hills. 29; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill modifies what is prohibited from being made available to the public regarding information relative to RFB, RFP, or RFA cancellations.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0140
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to financial information regarding requests for bids and proposals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Organization of Executive Branch; Financial Information Regarding Requests for Bids and Proposals. Amend RSA 21-G:37, VI(a) to read as follows:
VI.(a) When an agency cancels an RFB, RFP, RFA, or similar request for submission, terminates the selection process, or otherwise does not select a bidder, no information, other than a notification of the cancellation or termination and information unrelated to the other bids or bidders, shall be available to the public or to the members of the general court or its staff concerning the RFB, RFP, RFA, or similar request for submission, notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 91-A:4, for a period of 2 years following the cancellation, termination, or other non-selection, subject to subparagraph (b).
2 New Paragraph; Organization of Executive Branch; Financial Information Regarding Requests for Bids and Proposals. Amend RSA 21-G:37 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a justification to avoid answering questions posed by the public or members of the general court that are unrelated to information regarding other bids or bidders to an RFB, RFP, RFA, or similar submission.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
