HOUSE BILL 191
Law
Public procurement, standards
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT – Amends and adds to existing law to provide that procurement decisions shall not be based on environmental, social, and governance standards.
RS30343 / H0191
The bill amends relevant procurement statutes to restrict the state from using environmental, social and governance criteria in evaluating contract bids. Contract awards, including for public works projects, must be based on competitive pricing, contract requirements and contractor qualifications. The state cannot consider unrelated, subjective ethical or sustainability criteria when determining whether a contractor is qualified or a bid is awarded.
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the General Fund because costs born for public bidding processes are already budgeted in state and local budgets. The prohibitions set forth in this bill would not increase any such costs.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/22 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 02/23 | Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs |
| 02/28 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/01 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/02 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-10-1 AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Gallagher, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley(Crawford), Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Burns, Chew, Galaviz, Gannon, Green, Mathias, Nash, Necochea, Roberts, Rubel Absent – Allgood Floor Sponsor - Monks Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/03 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs | |
| 03/13 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 03/14 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/20 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-7-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Schroeder, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, Zuiderveld NAYS – Just, Rabe, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Anthon Title apvd - to House |
| Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling | |
| 03/21 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker | |
| Signed by President; returned to House | |
| 03/22 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| Delivered to Governor at 1:15 p.m. on March 22, 2023 | |
| 03/24 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 23, 2023 Session Law Chapter 129 Effective: 07/01/2023 |