SB220 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Dan Roberts Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Public contracts; prohibitions on public contracts with entities affiliated with the People's Republic of China, provided;
Description: Under existing law, all public contracts by certain local awarding authorities for goods or services involving $30,000 or more must be entered into by free and open competitive bidding, on sealed bids, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder.
Also under existing law, the method of awarding state contracts for goods and services is subject to the state procurement laws administered by the Division of Procurement within the Department of Finance.
This bill would prohibit any state or local awarding authority from awarding a contract to an entity organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China or that is owned or operated by the People's Republic of China.
This bill would also provide criminal and civil penalties for a violation.
Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or SB220 INTRODUCED provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the section. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the section.
Subjects: Competitive Bidding