THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BEYER, BOYD, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, MELIO, MILLARD, O'NEILL, PETRARCA, READSHAW, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS, WALKO, WATERS AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 13, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, prohibiting Commonwealth agencies from awarding

contracts to bidders engaged in outsourcing of jobs or

functions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 109.  Prohibiting contract awards to bidders that outsource.

No Commonwealth agency may award a contract on or after the

effective date of this section to any bidder, offeror or other

person that has, within the three years prior to submitting its

bid or offer on the contract, relocated any jobs or functions

previously performed at a physical location within the

boundaries of the United States to any physical location outside

of the boundaries of the United States.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 30 days.