Florida House Bill 253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 28 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-28 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs agencies to avoid contract bundling; requires agencies to conduct market research & include written summaries & analyses of such research in solicitations for bundled contracts; requires agencies to award percentage of contracts to small businesses; requires contractors to use small businesses as subcontractors; provides requirements for payment of subcontractors; prohibits agencies & contractors from requiring certain sureties for certain contracts; requires rules ombudsman in EOG to establish system for reporting small business participation in state contracting; requires agencies to cooperate with such reporting; requires specified annual reports.

Small Business Participation in State Contracting

Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-28	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2015-03-03	House	Introduced
2015-01-22	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2015-01-13	House	Filed

S0508 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
287	0577		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/253
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0253/BillText/Filed/PDF