Bill Title: Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that it may be determined that it is impractical to obtain competition because it is in the best interest of the State to award a contract to a qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities. Provides that when the State of Illinois is a party to a joint purchase agreement, the applicable chief procurement officer shall make a determination of whether the contract is eligible to be awarded to a not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities. Provides that when an agency requests to award a contract to a not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities, the chief procurement officer may authorize the award. Provides that all joint purchases made shall follow the same procedures for not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant disabilities under the Illinois Procurement Code when the chief procurement officer determines it is in the best interest of the State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-04-28 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB2303 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lance Yednock [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaime Andrade [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Halpin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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