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H12 • 2025

An Act updating Chapter 30B

An Act updating Chapter 30B

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Sponsor
Office of the Inspector General
Last action
2025-12-18
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act updating Chapter 30B

An Act updating Chapter 30B So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act updating Chapter 30B So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No.
  • 11) as relates to updating Chapter 30B, the Uniform Procurement Law.
  • State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-18 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-07-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act updating Chapter 30B
So much of the recommendations of the Inspector General (House, No. 11) as relates to updating Chapter 30B, the Uniform Procurement Law. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.12

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.

SECTION 2. Section 4 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section and section 7, for the procurement of a supply or service for a governmental body in the amount of $15,000 or greater, but not to exceed $100,000, a procurement officer shall seek written quotations from not fewer than 3 persons customarily providing the supply or service. The procurement officer shall record the: (i) names and addresses of all persons from whom quotations were sought; (ii) purchase description used for the procurement; (iii) names of the persons submitting quotations; and (iv) date and amount of each quotation. Such information shall be retained in the file required pursuant to section 3. A governmental body may require that any procurement for the governmental body in an amount of not more than $100,000 shall be subject to section 5 or section 6.

SECTION 3. Said section 4 of chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 21, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.

SECTION 4. Section 5 of chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 to 4, the words “$50,000 or, in the case of a municipal or regional school district, award of procurement contracts in the amount of more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000.

SECTION 5. Said section 5 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 40 and 41, the words “$50,000, or, for a municipal or regional school district, more than”.

SECTION 6. Section 6 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000.

SECTION 7. Section 6A of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000.

SECTION 8. Section 7 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “$50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000,” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $100,000.

SECTION 9. Section 15 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 21, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $15,000.

SECTION 10. Section 17 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the figure “$10,000”, and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- $15,000.

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