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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1288: Public purchasing.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1288 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public purchasing. Primary sponsor: Carey Hamilton (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that the purchasing agency of a governmental body must use a purchasing procedure when purchasing services. Provides that a purchasing agent may only make a purchase without soliciting bids or proposals if the purchase qualifies for a special purchase. Requires a contract between a state elected official's office and a contractor to include language disclosing if, in the 12 months preceding the execution of the contract, the contractor or an officer or director of the contractor made a contribution to the state elected official's campaign. Requires a state elected official's office to execute an addendum to a contract if the contractor or an officer or director of the contractor makes a contribution to the state elected official's campaign after the contract is executed and before the end of the contract's term.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carey HamiltonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse87

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
  2. Authored by Representative Hamilton

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source