ESSB 6235 Pulled from Committee Agenda

On Thursday morning, February 28th, the House Committee on Local Government pulled ESSB 6235 from the scheduled hearing planned for that morning. This means that the bill won't be considered further for this session of the Legislature.

I consider this a positive step as the expansion of qualifications based selection into construction and project management would not be in the public's best interests. The bill would have prohibited public agencies from using cost as a selection criterion for these services. Government agencies should have the right to obtain competitive prices and help reduce costs.