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BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 2274: Competitive bid limits

Increasing competitive bid limits for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies.

Summary

  • Increases the threshold purchase amount from two thousand five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars before a county must use specified vendor list procedures in awarding purchase contracts.
  • Eliminates specified contracting requirements with respect to county purchases of less than five thousand dollars.

From the House Bill Analysis 2007 (HB 2274), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedFeb 16, 2007
  2. Out of committeeFeb 28, 2007
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim McIntire (D-46)
Introduced
February 16, 2007 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2008
Companion bill
SB 6075
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to increasing competitive bid limits for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim McIntire (D-46)

2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Brian Sullivan D-21John Lovick D-44

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. House Rules "X" file.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  4. LG - Majority; do pass.
  5. LG - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. First reading, referred to Local Government.

HB 2274 in other sessions

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