HOUSE BILL 656
RS31289C1 / H0656
This legislation ensures accountability to the laws passed by the legislature by providing for expedited judicial review of state purchasing decisions that commit taxpayer funds. Current law gives the Director of the Department of Administration, who oversees the Division of Purchasing and appoints its Administrator, the sole decision-making authority whether to allow or deny judicial review of state purchasing decisions. There is no known instance of the Director allowing judicial review of a purchasing decision made by the Administrator. The legislation also ensures fairness in the appeals process by pausing the deadline to submit an administrative appeal until public records related to the purchasing decision are provided pursuant to the Public Records Act.
This legislation causes no additional expenditure of funds and there is no increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government and therefore has no fiscal impact.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/26 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 02/26 | Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs |
| 02/29 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/01 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/04 | U.C. to place at bottom of House bills of third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 03/05 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0 AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Schmick), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12)(Crane), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Church), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer(Johnson), Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Manwaring Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/06 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| 03/06 | 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 |
| 03/18 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Lee Floor Sponsor - Bernt Title apvd - to House |
| 03/19 | Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling |
| 03/19 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| 03/20 | Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker |
| 03/20 | Signed by President; returned to House |
| 03/21 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 03/21 | Delivered to Governor at 10:35 a.m. on March 21, 2024 |
| 03/27 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 27, 2024 Session Law Chapter 207 Effective: 07/01/2024 |