Legal and Regulatory
Texas Approves Law Ensuring Fair and Open Competition
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Neutrality in State Government Contracting (H.B. 985), which ensures Texas’ entire skilled construction workforce can compete on a level playing field for public works contracts to build projects utilizing state funding or credit.
By Nick Steingart
June 5, 2019
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by Nick Steingart
Nick Steingart is the manager of state and local affairs for ABC National where he works with ABC Chapters to help advance their policy and political goals related to labor and employment, workforce development, infrastructure and safety issue areas, among others. He joined ABC in October 2017 after two years at the Republican State Leadership Committee and has also worked on state legislative campaigns and in the Florida House of Representatives in the Office of Bill Drafting.
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