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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1225 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Best Customer Price Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education or a State agency may require best customer pricing for any goods it procures. Provides that, if goods are to be purchased by the State from a supplier or reseller, the supplier or reseller shall attest that the price is the best customer price. Provides that the supplier or reseller shall include a provision in the letter of supply from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller can secure the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased, and that the manufacturer has extended the same best customer pricing from the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or resellers registered with the State for the goods to be purchased. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency requires best customer pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is competitive, the public institution of higher education or the State agency may decline to award the bid. Effective immediately. LRB104 06111 SPS 16144 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1225 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Best Customer Price Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education or a State agency may require best customer pricing for any goods it procures. Provides that, if goods are to be purchased by the State from a supplier or reseller, the supplier or reseller shall attest that the price is the best customer price. Provides that the supplier or reseller shall include a provision in the letter of supply from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller can secure the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased, and that the manufacturer has extended the same best customer pricing from the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or resellers registered with the State for the goods to be purchased. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency requires best customer pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is competitive, the public institution of higher education or the State agency may decline to award the bid. Effective immediately. LRB104 06111 SPS 16144 b LRB104 06111 SPS 16144 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1225 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Creates the Best Customer Price Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education or a State agency may require best customer pricing for any goods it procures. Provides that, if goods are to be purchased by the State from a supplier or reseller, the supplier or reseller shall attest that the price is the best customer price. Provides that the supplier or reseller shall include a provision in the letter of supply from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller can secure the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased, and that the manufacturer has extended the same best customer pricing from the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or resellers registered with the State for the goods to be purchased. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency requires best customer pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is competitive, the public institution of higher education or the State agency may decline to award the bid. Effective immediately.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning State government.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Best
7	15		5 Customer Price Act.
8	16		6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and
9	17		7 declares that:
10	18		8 (1) It has been the long-standing public policy of
11	19		9 this State to provide a level playing field in procurement
12	20		10 for small and mid-sized businesses. Despite this policy,
13	21		11 the portion of State funds spent on small and mid-sized
14	22		12 businesses, especially minority-owned, women-owned, and
15	23		13 veteran-owned businesses, is persistently far below where
16	24		14 the General Assembly believes it should be.
17	25		15 (2) This State has a choice in implementing pricing
18	26		16 policy for goods. Manufacturers sometimes give their best
19	27		17 price to the largest suppliers and largest resellers,
20	28		18 leaving small and mid-sized suppliers and small and
21	29		19 mid-sized resellers to pay a higher price. Allowing
22	30		20 manufacturers to force smaller suppliers for State
23	31		21 purchases to pay a higher price excludes small suppliers
24	32		22 from any low-bid State procurement.
25	33		23 (3) On average, minority-owned, women-owned, and
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1225 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Creates the Best Customer Price Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education or a State agency may require best customer pricing for any goods it procures. Provides that, if goods are to be purchased by the State from a supplier or reseller, the supplier or reseller shall attest that the price is the best customer price. Provides that the supplier or reseller shall include a provision in the letter of supply from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller can secure the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased, and that the manufacturer has extended the same best customer pricing from the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or resellers registered with the State for the goods to be purchased. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency requires best customer pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is competitive, the public institution of higher education or the State agency may decline to award the bid. Effective immediately.
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34	68		1 veteran-owned businesses are smaller than incumbent firms,
35	69		2 and policies that level the playing field in procurement
36	70		3 for firms that are smaller will disproportionately benefit
37	71		4 minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses,
38	72		5 rectifying past decades of discrimination in a
39	73		6 race-neutral and gender-neutral way.
40	74		7 (4) It has long been public policy to empower State
41	75		8 purchasing officials with the ability to require the most
42	76		9 favorable terms to be granted to this State on any
43	77		10 purchase of supplies or services, and extending this
44	78		11 policy to ensure the best customer pricing is extended by
45	79		12 manufacturers to this State's suppliers and resellers is
46	80		13 consistent with both federal procurement law and State
47	81		14 procurement law.
48	82		15 (5) Requiring the best customer price for procured
49	83		16 goods will create a more inclusive choice for State
50	84		17 procurement and a level playing field for all suppliers,
51	85		18 both from the manufacturers to suppliers or resellers and
52	86		19 from suppliers or resellers to this State.
53	87		20 (6) It is in the best interest of the taxpayers of this
54	88		21 State to ensure that this State's purchases of goods
55	89		22 always get the best customer pricing from all participants
56	90		23 in the transaction, both from the manufacturer to the
57	91		24 supplier or reseller and from the supplier or reseller to
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69	103		1 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
70	104		2 "Best customer pricing" means the best price offered to
71	105		3 any customer for the goods this State is seeking to buy,
72	106		4 including price, discounts, commissions, rebates, and other
73	107		5 incentives that impact the consideration paid for the good.
74	108		6 "Letter of supply" means a document from the manufacturer
75	109		7 to a supplier or reseller that indicates the supplier or
76	110		8 reseller is able to secure the goods this State seeks to buy.
77	111		9 "Public institution of higher education" has the meaning
78	112		10 given to that term in Section 1-13 of the Illinois Procurement
79	113		11 Code.
80	114		12 "Reseller" means a registered vendor of this State that
81	115		13 supplies goods the company does not manufacture.
82	116		14 "State agency" has the meaning given to that term in
83	117		15 Section 1-15.100 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
84	118		16 "Supplier" means a registered vendor of this State that
85	119		17 supplies goods the company does not manufacture.
86	120		18 Section 15. Best consumer pricing.
87		-	19 (a) ~~The provisions~~ of ~~this Act apply if~~ a ~~public~~
88		-	20 ~~institution of higher education or a State agency~~
89		-	21 ~~affirmatively requires best customer pricing for~~ a ~~particular~~
90		-	22 ~~procurement of goods.~~ ~~If goods are to be purchased by this~~
91		-	23 ~~State from a supplier or reseller,~~ the supplier or ~~reseller~~
92		-	24 shall ~~attest that~~ the ~~price is the best customer price. The~~
93		-	25 supplier or reseller ~~shall include a provision in the letter~~
	121	+	19 (a) A public institution of higher education or a State
	122	+	20 agency may require best customer pricing for any goods it
	123	+	21 procures. If goods are to be purchased by this State from a
	124	+	22 supplier or reseller, the supplier or reseller shall attest
	125	+	23 that the price is the best customer price. The supplier or
	126	+	24 reseller shall include a provision in the letter of supply
	127	+	25 from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller can secure
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104		-	1 of supply from the manufacturer that the supplier or reseller
105		-	2 can secure the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased,
106		-	3 and that the manufacturer has extended the same best customer
107		-	4 pricing from the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or
108		-	5 resellers registered with this State for the goods to be
109		-	6 purchased.
110		-	7 (b) Nothing in this Section shall require the manufacturer
111		-	8 to extend best customer pricing to any supplier or reseller
112		-	9 for any goods that are not purchased by this State.
113		-	10 (c) Nothing in this Section shall regulate or impact any
114		-	11 commercial relationship between a manufacturer and a supplier
115		-	12 or reseller for any goods that are not the subject of a State
116		-	13 purchase.
117		-	14 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require any
118		-	15 manufacturer, reseller, or supplier to disclose any
119		-	16 proprietary information in the letter of supply.
120		-	17 Section 20. Declining bids. If a public institution of
121		-	18 higher education or a State agency requires best customer
122		-	19 pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is
123		-	20 competitive, the public institution of higher education or the
124		-	21 State agency may decline to award the bid.
125		-	22 Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
126		-	23 2031.
127		-	24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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	138	+	1 the supply and quantity of goods to be purchased, and that the
	139	+	2 manufacturer has extended the same best customer pricing from
	140	+	3 the manufacturer to each of the suppliers or resellers
	141	+	4 registered with this State for the goods to be purchased.
	142	+	5 (b) Nothing in this Section shall require the manufacturer
	143	+	6 to extend best customer pricing to any supplier or reseller
	144	+	7 for any goods that are not purchased by this State.
	145	+	8 (c) Nothing in this Section shall regulate or impact any
	146	+	9 commercial relationship between a manufacturer and a supplier
	147	+	10 or reseller for any goods that are not the subject of a State
	148	+	11 purchase.
	149	+	12 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require any
	150	+	13 manufacturer, reseller, or supplier to disclose any
	151	+	14 proprietary information in the letter of supply.
	152	+	15 Section 20. Declining bids. If a public institution of
	153	+	16 higher education or a State agency requires best customer
	154	+	17 pricing for the goods but does not believe the price is
	155	+	18 competitive, the public institution of higher education or the
	156	+	19 State agency may decline to award the bid.
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