2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 827

File Code: State Government - Procurement Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1161
Sponsored By:
Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Blount, Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Ruben, Dorman, Frosh, McFadden, Hughes, Forehand, Sfikas, Pinsky, Exum, Lawlah, Conway, Mitchell, and Currie
Entitled:
Discrimination - Grants and Procurement Contracts

Synopsis:

Prohibiting State agencies from approving specified financial assistance to a recipient that engages in discriminatory practices; requiring those agencies to monitor their assistance programs to ensure that recipients do not discriminate; requiring each recipient to certify that discrimination is prohibited and to incorporate a nondiscrimination clause into its documents within 90 days after delivery of the assistance; requiring that procurement contracts prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/18
First Reading Senate Rules
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
GRANTS
LOANS -see also- MORTGAGES
PENALTIES
PROCUREMENT
REPORTS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Article - 83A Department of Business and Economic Development
( 1-205 )
State Finance and Procurement
( 13-219 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered