Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 49.

ON APRIL 27, 2022, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2676, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and requires, for each emergency purchase the central procurement office approves, the reporting of certain information, as specified in this amendment, to the fiscal review committee within 30 days of the approval. The required information includes: (1) Any delegated emergency purchase authority granted by the central procurement office; (2) The procurement-related actions taken in response to the emergency, including the procurement methods used; and (3) Total funding for the emergency purchase agreement and funding source. This amendment specifies that it does not apply to purchases procured pursuant to rules, regulations, policies, or procedures established under the present law provisions governing informal solicitations, small purchases, and active solicitation of responses from small business or businesses owned by minorities, women, serviced-disabled veterans, and persons with disabilities. This amendment authorizes the fiscal review committee of the general assembly, upon agreement of the chair and vice chair, to hold hearings on an emergency purchase reported to the committee pursuant to this amendment. ON APRIL 27, 2022, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 2676 FOR SENATE BILL 1977, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2676, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 incorporates the changes made by House Amendment #1 and adds that the provisions requiring the central procurement office to report certain information relative to emergency purchases does not apply to small purchases procured pursuant to rules, regulations, policies, or procedures established by the chief procurement officer under present law.