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House amends procurement code and removes legislative exemption
Summary
Lawmakers amended and passed first substitute HB 409 to update the procurement code (including definition of 'design professional') and remove a legislative exemption so legislative bodies become subject to procurement rules like other government entities; amendment passed unanimously and the bill passed the House 73-0.
Representative Kent Beers and Representative Snow presented an amendment to first substitute House Bill 4 09 to correct grammatical and legal language and to clarify procurement selection, conflicts, appeals and the definition of "design professional." Representative Snow told members the amendment also deletes a prior exemption that had placed the legislative bodies outside certain procurement-code provisions, meaning if enacted the Legislature would be subject to the procurement code like other governmental units.
The amendment was described as minor but legally clarifying; no members objected. The House adopted the amendment and then passed first substitute HB 409 as amended by a recorded vote of 73-0. The bill was referred to the Senate for further consideration.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 1679; topfinish SEG 1767
Speakers quoted: Representative Snow (presentation).
