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Subcommittee narrows procurement bill to local governments, adopts amendments (HB 1789)
Summary
Delegate O'Rourke offered line amendments to HB 1789 to replace the term "public body" with "local government," aiming to let local entities advertise a cost cap that could justify rejecting bids above that cap. The panel adopted the line amendments and the patron agreed to take the bill "by for the day" to seek stakeholder consensus.
Delegate O'Rourke introduced amendments to HB 1789 and asked the subcommittee to take the bill "by for the day" so he could refine language with stakeholders. The principal change in the line amendments was to narrow references from “public body” to “local government,” limiting the bill’s scope to local jurisdictions.
O'Rourke described a scenario raised by local officials in which visible transportation funds drive up bid prices. He cited an example in which a contractor building a nearby Wawa reportedly charged roughly $1,000,000 for required turn lanes, while the lowest bid the county…
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