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Committee approves bill to let public projects solicit multiple lighting‑agency price schedules; architects and contractors dispute effect
Summary
House Bill 1560, which would require public projects to allow pricing from multiple lighting agencies at the design stage to increase competition for fixtures, cleared committee after proponents said the change would create transparency and savings; industry witnesses warned of unintended costs and administrative burdens.
Representative McGrew (as identified in the hearing) presented House Bill 1560 to the State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee as legislation to increase competition and transparency in pricing for lighting fixtures on public construction projects. McGrew said the bill would allow designers to solicit pricing from multiple lighting agencies during the design phase so general contractors and subcontractors could see competing fixture prices.
Todd Welch, identified as president of AIA Arkansas, backed the bill and said the measure would increase competition because fixture packages are commonly closed around a single lighting representative. “If we open that to three different bids … then the lowest bid out of the…
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