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2026 Regular Session

SB232

State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses

Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet certain federal procurement standards; establishing certain overall percentage goals of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made directly or indirectly with historically underutilized business zone businesses in certain years; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to adopt regulations establishing a certification process and a percentage price preference; and establishing penalties for certain violations.

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Introduced in Senate January 15, 2026

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  1. Senate Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
  2. Senate Hearing canceled
  3. Senate Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
  4. Senate First Reading Budget and Taxation
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