HB269 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Victor Gaston
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Bids, competitive, contracts for which bids not generally required, increase threshold amount, Sec. 41-16-21 am'd.
Summary: HB269 raises the bidding threshold from $7,500 to $15,000 for certain state entities, changing when competitive bids are required.
What This Bill Does
The bill increases the minimum contract amount that triggers competitive bidding for educational and eleemosynary institutions, the Alabama State Port Authority, and other agencies subject to bidding. As a result, contracts under $15,000 could be awarded without competitive bidding, while contracts of $15,000 or more would require sealed-bid competitive bidding. The change is retroactive to the effective date of Act 2012-462 and becomes effective immediately after passage.

Who It Affects
Educational and eleemosynary institutions governed by a board and the Alabama State Port Authority, which would see a higher threshold before bidding is required.
Other state agencies subject to competitive bidding, which would also follow the new $15,000 threshold for bidding requirements.

Key Provisions
Increase the competitive bidding threshold for specified entities from $7,500 to $15,000.
Remedial and curative retroactive application to the effective date of Act 2012-462, with immediate effectiveness after passage.

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Subjects: Competitive Bids