--- type: "Bill" title: "Agency Contracts for Commodities and Contractual Services" description: "Agency Contracts for Commodities and Contractual Services; Provides agency must issue request for quote to certain approved vendors when it issues request for quote for contractual services; provides for disqualification of firms or individuals from state term contract eligibility; provides qualification requirements for contract negotiator certification; provides for continuing oversight team; prohibits contract document for contractual services from containing nondisclosure clause." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2021" identifier: "HB 1079" citation: "Florida HB 1079 (2021)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["industry", "insurance", "judicial branch", "ports and harbors", "public health", "taxation and finance", "veterans"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2021-225" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 5 action_count: 51 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-02-17" last_action: "2021-07-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3704c2-c544-4d38-83db-585b4ae23e7d" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/ByCategory" source_hash: "4ae76f4946dbc19ebe0ec7e146454265691f6263c5f8c34e642a067875f0e818" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida HB 1079 (2021) — Agency Contracts for Commodities and Contractual Services Agency Contracts for Commodities and Contractual Services; Provides agency must issue request for quote to certain approved vendors when it issues request for quote for contractual services; provides for disqualification of firms or individuals from state term contract eligibility; provides qualification requirements for contract negotiator certification; provides for continuing oversight team; prohibits contract document for contractual services from containing nondisclosure clause. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-225. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1079 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1079 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1079 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 1079 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 1079 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1079/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - State Affairs Committee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-17** Filed `filing` - **2021-02-25** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-25** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-25** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-25** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee - **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) - **2021-03-15** PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda - **2021-03-17** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee - **2021-03-19** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee - **2021-03-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2021-03-19** CS Filed - **2021-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) - **2021-03-22** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2021-03-22** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-03-22** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee - **2021-03-23** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda - **2021-03-25** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-25** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee - **2021-03-25** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2021-04-02** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee - **2021-04-07** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2021-04-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2021-04-07** CS Filed - **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) - **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021) - **2021-04-09** Amendment 308159 filed - **2021-04-09** Amendment 815361 filed - **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-15** Amendment 815361 adopted - **2021-04-15** Amendment 308159 adopted - **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-15** Immediately certified - **2021-04-15** In Messages - **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate - **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2021-04-20** Received - **2021-04-28** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2021-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2021-04-28** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1616 - **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-28** In Messages - **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled - **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-225; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2021-37) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f3704c2-c544-4d38-83db-585b4ae23e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).