HB2172
Small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; right to appeal denial of initial certification.
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; right to appeal denial of initial certification.
Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt regulations to establish a process for businesses that are denied initial certification as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business to appeal such denial on the basis that the Department made a mistake in denying the business's application for certification. ... (More) This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101615D
- 01/12/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/16/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2172)
- 01/17/2021 - House: Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
- 01/19/2021 - House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/2021 - House: Read first time
- 01/21/2021 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/22/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2021 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2021 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/12/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2172ER)
- 02/19/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2172ER)
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 02/24/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)