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688
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
688
BY
BAGNIEWSKI
,
MADISON
,
CROKEN
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
SRINIVAS
,
AMOS
JR.
,
GOSA
,
KURTH
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
COOLING
,
WILBURN
,
JAMES
,
B.
MEYER
,
MATSON
,
KRESSIG
,
GJERDE
,
JACOBY
,
TUREK
,
SCHEETZ
,
BAETH
,
EHLERT
,
OLSON
,
SCHOLTEN
,
and
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
products
and
materials
purchased
by
state
1
agencies.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
8A.311,
subsection
21,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
21.
Preference
A
state
agency
shall
be
given
to
purchasing
3
purchase
American-made
products
and
purchases
materials
4
from
American-based
businesses
if
the
life
cycle
costs
are
5
comparable
to
those
products
of
foreign
businesses
and
which
6
most
adequately
fulfill
the
department’s
need
it
is
possible
to
7
do
so
.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
administrative
services
12
must
give
preference
to
purchasing
American-made
products
and
13
purchases
from
American-based
businesses
if
the
life
cycle
14
costs
are
comparable
to
those
of
products
sold
by
foreign
15
businesses.
In
addition,
as
a
condition
of
receiving
an
annual
16
appropriation
relating
to
state
government
administration
and
17
regulation,
an
entity
receiving
the
appropriation
must
give
18
first
preference
when
purchasing
a
product
to
an
Iowa
product
19
or
a
product
produced
by
an
Iowa-based
business,
and
second
20
preference
to
a
United
States
product
or
a
product
produced
by
21
a
business
based
in
the
United
States.
This
bill
requires
a
22
state
agency
to
purchase
American-made
products
and
materials
23
from
American-based
businesses
if
it
is
possible
to
do
so.
24
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