SB533 Requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.
Requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Competitive bidding for government contracts typically reduces costs for taxpayers by ensuring the state gets the best value. Without rebidding, the current contractor faces no competitive pressure.
Your Community
Regular competitive bidding ensures the EFA program is managed efficiently and that taxpayer-funded education vouchers are administered at the lowest cost.
Your Freedom
Standard government procurement reform that doesn't directly affect individual freedoms but promotes fiscal responsibility.
Status
Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:30 am; Senate Calendar 4
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Debra Altschiller (D)
The Short Version
Would have required competitive bidding every three years for the contract to operate the EFA program. Currently the program is operated under a contract that critics say lacks competitive procurement. Killed 16-8.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Taxpayers seeking efficient use of public education funds
- ▲ Potential competing contractors
- ▲ EFA families if a better operator emerges
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ The current EFA program operator facing competition
- ▼ Administration costs of the bidding process
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
Who actually supports this bill?
Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 16 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
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Voted Yea (16)
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