AUSTIN — In a strong bipartisan show of support, the Texas Legislature has unanimously passed House Bill 2001 (HB 2001) with a 31–0 vote in the Senate and 145–0 in the House. Authored by Rep. Morgan Meyer (R–University Park) and sponsored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston) in the Senate, the bill aims to end bid-rigging, a corrupt practice where individuals or companies collude to manipulate public contract bids in Texas, often involving government contracts. The bill now heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law.

“This bill increases misdemeanor penalties to felonies to crackdown on statewide bid-rigging contract fraud.” said Senator Bettencourt, who authored the identical Senate companion SB 3041.

HB 2001 is a response to recent bid-rigging scandals in part by high-p

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