HB 542 Summary

• Allows bidders on construction projects to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information in subcontractor listings for up to 24 hours after the bid submission deadline, separate from existing correction procedures.

• Requires construction bids to be publicly opened no sooner than 24 hours after the bid submission deadline.

• Defines "immaterial or technical information" as irregularities that do not affect substance, inconsequential variations, missing signatures, typographical errors, and certain temporarily suspended subcontractor licenses that are reinstated by award time; excludes subcontractor identity changes.

• Clarifies that the correction authority does not permit additions or substitutions of listed subcontractors or changes to the nature and scope of work.

• Sunsets on June 30, 2026, returning the statute to its prior form; takes effect June 30, 3000 (appears to be a scrivener's error for 2023).