SB 538: Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services
GENERAL BILL by Bogdanoff; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz; Fasano
Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services; Citing this act as the "Buy Florida Act"; requiring an agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of the state to grant a specified preference to a vendor located within the state when awarding a contract for printing; providing an exception to the requirement for competitive solicitation of contractual services and commodities for public service announcement programs provided by certain nonprofit corporations; prohibiting the preclusion of a vendor whose principal place of business is in this state from being an authorized reseller of information technology commodities of state contractors, under certain circumstances, etc.
Last Action: 03/09/2012 Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/13/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 11/02/2011 | Senate | • Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 47 |
| 11/22/2011 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/05/11, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building |
| 12/05/2011 | Senate | • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 111 • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 111 |
| 12/21/2011 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/09/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building |
| 01/09/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 111 • Now in Budget -SJ 111 |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 47 • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 109 • Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations |
| 01/27/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/01/12, 10:15 am, 401 Senate Office Building |
| 02/01/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 • Now in Budget -SJ 325 |
| 02/16/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 02/21/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671 |
| 02/22/2012 | Senate | • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671 |
| 02/28/2012 | Senate | • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/12 |
| 03/01/2012 | Senate | • Read 2nd time -SJ 737 • Amendment(s) adopted (201582, 741488, 843520, 853022) -SJ 737 • Ordered engrossed -SJ 738 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 03/02/2012 | Senate | • Read 3rd time -SJ 768 • Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 769 |
| 03/02/2012 | House | • In Messages |
| 03/09/2012 | House | • Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32) |
