Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain goods and services produced or provided by private commercial sources in Texas.

89(R) HB 3638 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R18202 GP-F

By: Troxclair

H.B. No. 3638

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3638:

By: King

C.S.H.B. No. 3638

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain goods and

services produced or provided by private commercial sources in

Texas.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2155.444, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:

(i)

The comptroller and all state agencies purchasing goods

or procuring services shall give preference to goods produced and

services provided by private commercial sources in this state

rather than use state money to produce or provide competing goods

and services unless specifically directed by the legislature to

produce or provide the competing goods and services.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a contract for which a state agency first advertises or otherwise

solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications on or after the

effective date of this Act. A contract for which a state agency

first advertised or otherwise solicited bids, proposals, offers, or

qualifications before the effective date of this Act is governed by

the law in effect when the first advertisement or solicitation was

given, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.