| Passed by the House February 17, 2014 Yeas 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 5, 2014 Yeas 49 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1841 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 31, 2014, 2:41 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 31, 2014 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/13.
AN ACT Relating to electronic competitive bidding for state public works contracting; and adding a new section to chapter 39.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 39.04 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Any state agency authorized to conduct public works contracting
and competitive bidding under this chapter may do so electronically and
may use or accept electronic signatures in these processes. Such
signatures are deemed presumptively valid and enforceable.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic form
attached to or logically associated with an electronic record.
(b) "State agency" means any state office or activity of the
executive and judicial branches of state government, including state
departments, offices, divisions, boards, commissions, institutions of
higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, and correctional and
other types of institutions.
(3) The office of chief information officer, in coordination with
the department of enterprise services and all state agencies with
contracting authority under this chapter, must establish standards and
policies for the electronic submittal of bids and electronic signatures
in public works contracting and competitive bidding processes.