Illinois Senate Bill 3712

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that proposals or bids submitted by engineering consultants in response to requests for proposal or other competitive bidding requests by the Department of Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority are exempt from disclosure under the Act. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the following communications are among the types of communications that are not required to be reported to the Procurement Policy Board: (i) communications providing general information about a firm's products or services or industry best practices, provided those products or services are not directly related to an open procurement matter, and (ii) proposal deficiency communications under a specified provision of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that, as part of the State agency's commitment to fostering greater diversity in contracting, the State agency may communicate with firms who were not selected in order to provide further information about the firm's proposal deficiencies.

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Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-06-26	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2024-05-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 26, 2024
2024-05-24	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2024
2024-05-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
2024-05-03	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
2024-04-12	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-03-07	Senate	To Subcommittee on Procurement
2024-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2024-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2024-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	500	50-39	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	535	35	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	140	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3712&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB3712.htm