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

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

FULL TEXT:
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.