Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Energy and Environment Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 3161
Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide. Provides that pilot program must require prospective contractors to declare environmental product cost of certain products in response to invitation to bid for public improvement contract. Requires department to determine lowest responsible bidder after adding environmental product cost to product. Provides that local contracting agency may adopt practices of department. Requires all state contracting agencies to adopt practices of department beginning January 1, 2021. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and keep updated rules for calculating environmental product cost of certain products. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. 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.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
March 1 to July 7, 2017, 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 RepresentativesMar 1 to Jul 7 · stopped128 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 1 to Mar 87 days
Energy and EnvironmentMar 8 to Jul 7 · stopped121 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 Mar 1 – Jul 7
- Mar 1Introduced
- Mar 8Sent to Energy and Environment
- Jul 7Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Mar 1First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 8Referred to Energy and Environment.House of Representatives
- Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives