Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; implementation of certification programs. (SB1130)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; implementation of certification programs for small businesses; definition of small business; report. Changes the definition of small business, beginning July 1, 2018, to meet the small business size standards established by the regulations of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The bill provides that any business entity that the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department) has certified as a small business prior to July 1, 2018, shall have such certification extended for a three-year period. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department adopt regulations that will, beginning July 1, 2018, establish a three-year certification period for small businesses to be based on the dominant business activity of each small business entity. The bill (i) includes a definition of "dominant business activity"; (ii) provides for the Department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with appropriate agencies establishing provisions for the sharing of information, consistent with the requirements of state and federal law; (iii) authorizes the Director to terminate a contract with any independent certifying entities to assist in the certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses based on performance or a written determination by the Director that continuing the contract is not practicable, and (iv) requires the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to evaluate the effect of the implementation of the new definition at three-year intervals, reporting to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2024. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102129D |
01/09/2017 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/03/2017 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1130) |
02/06/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2017 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/07/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2017 | Passed by temporarily |
02/07/2017 | Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2017 | Placed on Calendar |
02/09/2017 | Read first time |
02/09/2017 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
02/10/2017 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 |
02/21/2017 | Left in General Laws |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 3 minutes.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
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