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2023 SESSION
HB 2385 State agencies; prohibited contracts, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Emily M. Brewer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Administration of state government; prohibited actions; civil penalty. Prohibits state agencies from entering into a contract for goods or services with a scrutinized company, defined in the bill as any company owned or operated by a foreign adversary, other than a company for which the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has determined that there are no unresolved national security concerns regarding the transaction that created such ownership or permitted such operation. The bill also requires any company that submits a bid or proposal to a state agency with respect to a contract for goods or services to certify in writing that it is not a scrutinized company and outlines the penalties for falsifying information in submitting such certification, including a civil penalty in an amount equal to the greater of $250,000 or twice the amount of the contract for which the bid or proposal was submitted. Finally, the bill prohibits any employee or agent of any executive branch agency or person or entity contracting with any such agency from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd. (i) on any state-issued device or state-owned or state-leased equipment, including mobile phones, desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, or other devices capable of connecting to the Internet, or (ii) while connected to any wired or wireless Internet network owned, operated, or maintained by the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/23 House: Presented and ordered printed 23102473D pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105154D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/23 House: Floor substitute printed 23106085D-H2 (Brewer) pdf
- 02/02/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23106085D-EH2 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/16/23 House: Presented and ordered printed 23102473D
- 01/16/23 House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
- 01/23/23 House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105154D-H1
- 01/25/23 House: Read first time
- 01/26/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/23 House: Read second time
- 01/31/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/23 House: Floor substitute printed 23106085D-H2 (Brewer)
- 02/01/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/23 House: Read second time
- 02/02/23 House: Committee substitute rejected 23105154D-H1
- 02/02/23 House: Substitute by Delegate Brewer agreed to 23106085D-H2
- 02/02/23 House: Amendment by Delegate Helmer agreed to
- 02/02/23 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute with amendment HB2385EH2
- 02/02/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23106085D-EH2
- 02/03/23 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/03/23 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/03/23 House: Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: VOTE: Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/08/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/15/23 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 10-N)