Indiana House Bill 1158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-28 - Representative Huston added as coauthor
Pending: House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair and open competition for public works projects. Provides that a public agency may not do any of the following: (1) Require a potential bidder on a public works project to provide any information that the potential bidder considers confidential or proprietary as a requirement for the public agency finding the bidder to be a responsive or responsible bidder. (2) By rule, ordinance, or any other action relating to contracts for public works projects for which competitive bids are required impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential bidders to any predetermined class of bidders defined by experience on similar projects, size of company, union membership, or any other criteria. (3) Take certain actions based on a bidder's, offeror's, or contractor's entering into, refusing to enter into, adhering to, or refusing to adhere to an agreement with a labor organization.

Fair and open competition for public works projects. Provides that a public agency may not do any of the following: (1) Require a potential bidder on a public works project to provide any information that the potential bidder considers confidential or proprietary as a requirement for the public agency finding the bidder to be a responsive or responsible bidder. (2) By rule, ordinance, or any other action relating to contracts for public works projects for which competitive bids are required impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential bidders to any predetermined class of bidders defined by experience on similar projects, size of company, union membership, or any other criteria. (3) Take certain actions based on a bidder's, offeror's, or contractor's entering into, refusing to enter into, adhering to, or refusing to adhere to an agreement with a labor organization.

Rep. Doug Miller [R]

Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]

Rep. Gerald Torr [R]

Rep. Todd Huston [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-28	House	Representative Huston added as coauthor
2019-01-29	House	Representative Torr added as coauthor
2019-01-14	House	Representative VanNatter added as coauthor
2019-01-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2019-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Miller D

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1158/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/5/7/8f57757b/HB1158.01.INTR.pdf