Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation and Economic Development Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 2954
Creates Task Force on Procuring Through Small and Local Businesses.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Creates Task Force on Procuring Through Small and Local Businesses. Requires task force to study extent to which contracting agencies award public contracts to minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small businesses, describe and categorize types of public contracts that contracting agencies typically award to minority-owned, woman-owned and emerging small businesses, evaluate extent to which large procurements for goods and services could feasibly be broken into smaller procurements, study available systems for assessing degree to which transporting goods and components of goods, labor, construction materials and other items increases release of atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, evaluate whether contracting agencies can feasibly base procurement decision on degree to which contractor releases atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane and ozone and investigate and recommend incentives to induce contracting agencies to award public contracts to minority-owned, woman-owned or emerging small businesses. Sunsets task force on January 1, 2013. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 11 to June 30, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Jun 30 · stopped170 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 11 to Jan 2110 days
Transportation and Economic DevelopmentJan 21 to Jun 30 · stopped160 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 11 – Jun 30
- Jan 11Introduced
- Jan 21Sent to Transportation and Economic Development
- Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 11First reading. Referred to the desks of the Co-Speakers.House of Representatives
- Jan 21Referred to Transportation and Economic Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives