Mississippi House Bill 276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The "opportunities For Diversity In Contracting Program (odc Program)" To Be Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority To Improve The Number Of Socially And Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Concerns That Do Business With The State By Facilitating And Improving Access To Government Contracts; To Require Each State Agency To Appoint An Odc Compliance Officer Who Will Be Responsible For Monitoring Compliance With The Odc Program And For Reporting Compliance Or Noncompliance For Their Respective Agencies To The Mississippi Development Authority; To Establish The Responsibilities Of Odc Compliance Officers; To Require State Agencies To Include Certain Language In Contracts For Goods And Services; To Establish A Process For Issuing Odc Waivers; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns; establish program to encourage participation in state contracts.

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-04	House	Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0276.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0276IN.htm