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.