SB 538 (2012) -  Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services

General Bill by Bogdanoff (CO-SPONSORS) Gaetz; Fasano
Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services: Citing this act as the "Buy Florida Act"; requiring an agency, university, college, school district, or other political subdivision of the state to grant a specified preference to a vendor located within the state when awarding a contract for printing; providing an exception to the requirement for competitive solicitation of contractual services and commodities for public service announcement programs provided by certain nonprofit corporations; prohibiting the preclusion of a vendor whose principal place of business is in this state from being an authorized reseller of information technology commodities of state contractors, under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2012
Last Event: Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32) on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 12/05/11 12:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • On agenda for: 01/09/12 1:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 10   Nays 0
  • Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 02/01/12 10:15 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Budget
    • On agenda for: 02/21/12 3:45 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 21   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 153 Subject: Preference to Florida Businesses in Procurement of Personal Property and Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 673 Subject: Preference in Award of Governmental Entity Contracts Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 7087 Subject: Economic Development Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Engrossed 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 530992 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 02/29/12, Line#: 30 Senate: Withdrawn 3/1/2012 11:26:25 AM
    • A 843520 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 03/01/12, Line#: 30 Senate: Adopted 3/1/2012 11:48:09 AM
    • A 201582 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 02/29/12, Line#: 41 Senate: Adopted 3/1/2012 11:47:08 AM
    • A 392622 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 03/01/12, Line#: 41 Senate: Withdrawn 3/1/2012 11:08:47 AM
    • A 853022 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 03/01/12, Line#: 70 Senate: Adopted 3/1/2012 11:47:39 AM
    • A 741488 , Bogdanoff Date Filed: 02/29/12, Line#: 79 Senate: Adopted 3/1/2012 11:45:32 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 2/21/2012 9:14:23 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 2/20/2012 3:58:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 2/1/2012 4:24:42 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 1/30/2012 2:58:25 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 1/9/2012 3:14:11 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 1/6/2012 7:46:39 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 12/7/2011 10:39:37 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 12/2/2011 1:12:51 PM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 03/02/2012 11:14 AM   Yeas: 40 Nays: 0 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 9] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32) Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 03/02/2012 - 12:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 769 Time: 03/02/2012 - 11:14 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 768 Time: 03/02/2012 - 11:14 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Placed on 3rd reading Time: 03/01/2012 - 11:52 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Ordered engrossed -SJ 738 Time: 03/01/2012 - 11:52 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (201582, 741488, 843520, 853022) -SJ 737 Time: 03/01/2012 - 11:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 737 Time: 03/01/2012 - 11:44 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/12 Time: 02/28/2012 - 2:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671 Time: 02/22/2012 - 8:41 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671 Time: 02/21/2012 - 7:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/16/2012 - 5:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 325 Time: 02/01/2012 - 4:34 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 Time: 02/01/2012 - 11:23 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/01/12, 10:15 am, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 01/27/2012 - 5:10 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations Time: 01/10/2012 - 11:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 109 Time: 01/10/2012 - 11:44 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 47 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 111 Time: 01/09/2012 - 3:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 111 Time: 01/09/2012 - 2:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/09/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 12/21/2011 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 111 Time: 12/05/2011 - 4:34 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 111 Time: 12/05/2011 - 2:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 12/05/11, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 11/22/2011 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 47 Time: 11/02/2011 - 2:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/13/2011 - 10:47 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
283.35 HB 153
287.057 HB 1215, CS/HB 1409, CS/SB 1498, CS/CS/CS/SB 1626*, SB 1984, SB 1992, HB 5011*, CS/HB 5203*
287.084 HB 153, CS/CS/HB 673*, SB 1460

(*) Not the latest version