Local arbitration agreements; disclosure of certain information. (SB645)

Introduced By

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Local arbitration agreements; disclosure of certain information. Requires a locality, for any procurement contract for goods and services except for construction, construction-related services, transportation construction, or transportation-related construction--and any purchasing decision to ensure that solicitations require the bidder or offeror to disclose certain information regarding pre-dispute arbitration clauses and consider each bidder or offeror's policies and practices related to arbitration. The bill requires each locality to seek to contract with qualified entities and business owners that can demonstrate or will certify that they do not use pre-dispute arbitration clauses in contracts with employees or consumers, and to evaluate bidders and offerors based on disclosures required under the bill, in the event no bidder or offeror can demonstrate or will certify that they do not use pre-dispute arbitration clauses in contracts with employees or consumers. The bill authorizes a locality to cancel, terminate, or suspend, in whole or in part, the contract of any contractor who violates a provision of the bill and declare the contractor ineligible for further contracts with such locality. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/07/2020Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104696D
01/07/2020Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/12/2020Impact statement from DHCD (SB645)
01/18/2020Impact statement from DHCD (SB645)
01/27/2020Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB645)
01/29/2020Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2020Committee substitute printed 20106982D-S1
01/31/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2020Read second time
02/03/2020Reading of substitute waived
02/03/2020Committee substitute agreed to 20106982D-S1
02/03/2020Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB645S1
02/04/2020Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2020Placed on Calendar
02/13/2020Read first time
02/13/2020Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/14/2020Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
02/18/2020House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/18/2020Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
02/20/2020Reported from General Laws with amendments (15-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2020Read second time
02/25/2020Passed by for the day
02/26/2020Passed by for the day
02/27/2020Read third time
02/27/2020Motion to refer to committee agreed to
02/27/2020Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/28/2020Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
03/03/2020Left in Courts of Justice