republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/hb-1137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Information Technology Procurement"
description: "Information Technology Procurement; Requires DMS to establish project management & oversight standards for state agency compliance & perform project oversight on IT projects; requires agency to issue request for quote to certain vendors approved to provide commodities or services; requires DMS to prequalify firms & individuals to provide services on state term contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Florida HB 1137 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-227"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a41883-5c3a-42f7-9e83-2cfb011019d4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1137/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f79f8273cbb2eec81b28dda9f7d9775f5938b49b6ef6cb2055fbd0df4f55bf54"
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 1137 (2021) — Information Technology Procurement

Information Technology Procurement; Requires DMS to establish project management & oversight standards for state agency compliance & perform project oversight on IT projects; requires agency to issue request for quote to certain vendors approved to provide commodities or services; requires DMS to prequalify firms & individuals to provide services on state term contract.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-227.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1137 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1137/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1137 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1137/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1137 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1137/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1137 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1137/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–10** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **14–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-05** Removed from Meeting Agenda of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-15** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-18** 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
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-06** 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 (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 10 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-27** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1448
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-27** 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. 2021-227

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22a41883-5c3a-42f7-9e83-2cfb011019d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).