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S2219 • 2025

An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns

An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns

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Sponsor
Bruce E. Tarr
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns

An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns By Mr.
  • Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2219) of Bruce E.
  • Tarr and Michael O.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 Senate

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

  2. 2025-12-24 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Saturday January 31, 2026

  3. 2025-07-03 Joint

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

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2219) of Bruce E. Tarr and Michael O. Moore for legislation to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2219

Section 22 of chapter 30B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph, the following paragraph: Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this Chapter, public procurement units that conducts a cooperative purchasing agreement may award contracts to multiple offerors through a request for proposals if their chief procurement officer determines that doing so is in the best interests of the parties to the cooperative purchasing agreement.

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