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HB 261

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State Procurement - Competitive Proof of Concept Procurement

Sponsor: Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections CommitteeCommittee: Government, Labor, and ElectionsSubject: State ProcurementStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing competitive proof of concept procurements as an authorized procurement method; providing that a competitive proof of concept procurement may have multiple phases of evaluation; requiring a unit of State government to obtain the approval of the Chief Procurement Officer or a designee before conducting a certain competitive proof of concept procurement; altering the required contents of a competitive proof of concept procurement solicitation; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 8Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWoolums, JohnDGSWritten (PDF)
FAVWoolums, JohnDGSWritten (PDF)
FAVChaudhry, AtifDepartment of General ServicesOral
FAVDangerfield, LindaDepartment of General ServicesOral
FAVSermons, WallaceDepartment of General ServicesOral
FAVElalamy, SaraDepartment of Information Technology (DoIT)Written (PDF)
FAVChair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee, Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee, Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections CommitteeIndividualOral

Organizations on record