Senate Bill 390

To (1) establish a code of ethics for state construction and procurement contractors for contracts having a cost of more than five hundred thousand dollars; (2) require state agencies to provide such ethics code and other ethics information to persons seeking such contracts; (3) require contractors to post a bid bond that includes forfeiture for ethics violations; (4) require all such contracts to contain a provision allowing the state to terminate for convenience; (5) require all contracts to contain a provision allowing the state to terminate the contract if large change orders are submitted prior to significant work being started; (6) require such contractors to certify at the end of the bid process but before the awarding of the bid that no gifts were provided to selection officials, the bidder complied with ethics laws and the bid remains accurate; (7) require state agencies to compile additional information evaluating contractors' performance and make such information available for future use by state agencies in reviewing bids submitted by the contractor; (8) require all state agencies that award competitive bid contracts to establish policies regarding the disclosure of information to bidders, which shall require that all requests for information and the agencies' answers be kept in written form for future disclosure, if required; and (9) establish violations of ethics laws as a ground for rejecting a bid for any competitive bid contract.

In the Senate

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In the Senate Feb 20 – Feb 23

1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
2. Feb 23Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee