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Committee advances Bill 25-24 to full council to prohibit contractors with human-trafficking violations from county contracts
Summary
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee voted without objection to send Bill 25-24, which would require bidders to certify they have not violated federal or state human-trafficking laws and would add contract enforcement and reporting provisions, to the full council after accepting sponsor and county-attorney amendments.
Montgomery County’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee on Wednesday recommended to the full Council the adoption of Bill 25-24, legislation that would require bidders on certain county contracts to certify they have not been found to have violated federal or state human-trafficking laws and would add contract-language and enforcement provisions.
The committee approved three amendments presented by the bill sponsor and county staff. The first amendment removed an alternative contract definition in the draft and clarified that the bill applies to additional contracts that meet the existing…
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