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SB161 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB161 Alabama 2016 Session
Senate Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
Regular Session 2016
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2016
Title
Competitive bidding, preferred vendor status given to businesses owned by veterans who were deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) or Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq), Sec. 41-16-20 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, preferred vendors are given preference in the awarding of public contracts required to be competitively bid.

This bill would give preferred vendor status under the competitive bid laws to those businesses located in the state that are owned by veterans who were deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Subjects
Contracts

Bill Actions

H

Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from State Government

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 851

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 27, 2016 Senate Passed
Yes 29
Absent 6

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature