Bill
HB 2833
Align Illinois small-business size standards with the SBA Table of Size Standards, reshaping eligibility for state set-asides and contracts.
Note: the provided packet contains mixed and conflicting materials. The headline metadata (HB 2833 — “Appropriations; Oklahoma Historical Society…”) does not match the bill text, which includes two distinct substantive measures from different states: (1) an Arizona bill amending Arizona Revised Statutes §16-823 (political party legislative district committees) and (2) an Illinois amendment changing the Illinois Procurement Code §45-45 (small business set‑asides). The legislative action timeline also appears to combine entries from different chambers and states. Below I summarize the two substantive measures included in the document and flag the metadata conflict so you can confirm which bill you want finalized.
Summary A — Arizona: Amend §16-823 (Legislative district committee; organization; boundary change; reorganization)
Purpose / intent
- Update rules governing political party legislative district committees, their organization after elections and reapportionment, and relationships with county party committees.
Key provisions
- Composition: district party committee consists of precinct committeemen elected under §16-821 (unchanged).
- Organization timing: committees must organize annually between the second Saturday after the general election and the first Saturday in December by electing a chairman, two vice-chairmen, a secretary, and a treasurer (secretary and treasurer may be the same person). Committees also elect state committeemen under §16-825.
- County committee membership: the district committee chairman is ex officio a member of the county committee for the county where a plurality of the district’s registered voters resides — but is designated a nonvoting member of that county committee unless the chairman actually resides in that county.
- County subcommittee limitation: where a district committee has a county subcommittee, that county subcommittee may not take any action that binds the legislative district committee.
- Reapportionment/realignment: requires district committees to reorganize after enactment (and after the effective date) of reapportionment legislation in accordance with new boundaries; defines eligibility for the reorganization election (precinct committeemen serving at least 30 days before enactment); preserves preexisting district organizations during legal challenges to reapportionment until final adjudication, after which preexisting organizations are dissolved.
- Notice: committee chairmen must notify precinct committeemen of meeting time/place by U.S. mail at least 10 days prior, or by email if the committeeman has provided and authorized email notice.
Who is affected
- Precinct committeemen, legislative district party committees, county party committees and subcommittees, and state party organization processes during reapportionment.
Procedural / timeline aspects
- Provisions tie reorganization timing to Arizona constitutional provisions for reapportionment effective dates; include continuity rules during legal challenges.
Summary B — Illinois: Amend 30 ILCS 500/45‑45 (Illinois Procurement Code — Small business set‑asides)
Purpose / intent
- Align State of Illinois small business procurement size standards with federal Small Business Administration (SBA) size standards.
Key provisions
- Directs that the maximum number of employees and the maximum dollar volume defining a “small business” under state procurement rules shall mirror the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Table of Small Business Size Standards.
- Retains existing set‑aside authority for chief procurement officers to designate a “fair proportion” of contracts as small business set‑asides and the “fair proportion” numeric guidance for construction (25%–40% for executive branch agencies).
- Retains duties for small business specialists (compile lists, assist small businesses with bidding, recommend simplifications, assist responsibility investigations) and annual reporting to the General Assembly on awards to small businesses and to minority-, women- and disability‑owned businesses.
- Effective immediately upon becoming law (per the amendment language).
Who is affected
- Small businesses seeking state contracts, chief procurement officers and procurement staff, state agencies that procure construction/supply/services, and small business specialists.
Potential impacts
- Shifting to SBA size standards will change eligibility for state small business set‑asides: some firms may become newly eligible or ineligible depending on SBA thresholds by industry.
- Could improve alignment with federal procurement practices and simplify size determinations, but also requires procurement rule updates and potentially changes to contracting outcomes.
Metadata conflict / recommendation
- The packet’s top title and initial metadata (Oklahoma appropriation to Historical Society) do not match the attached texts (Arizona §16‑823 and Illinois §45‑45). The legislative actions list is also inconsistent.
- Please confirm which single bill (by state and bill number) you want a finalized summary for, or provide the correct bill text/metadata; I can then produce a single, authoritative summary formatted for your needs.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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