State government; Central Purchasing Act; powers and duties of Director; limitation on entering contract; definition of person and agency; effective date.

Added a header note stating that bold face text denotes Committee Amendments to help readers identify changes made during the committee process.

Updated the document title and page headers to reflect the 'Floor Version' status, replacing the 'Committee Substitute' label.

Clarified that public construction contracts are excluded from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.

Granted the State Purchasing Director sole and exclusive authority for all general state agency acquisitions.

Granted the Chief Information Officer sole and exclusive authority for all information and telecommunications technology acquisitions.

Expanded the Director's rule-making authority to include training procurement officers, auditing acquisitions, and setting specific dollar thresholds for agencies with certified procurement officers.

The entire text of the bill was replaced with a new version that includes committee amendment headers, speaker/chair placeholders, and page numbering, indicating it is a working draft rather than the final enrolled law.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the list of amended statutes and the summary of the bill's purpose to align with the committee's drafting style.

Added a new requirement for the State Purchasing Director to promulgate rules regarding how suppliers verify their eligibility to do business in Oklahoma and their necessary permits.

Added a new requirement for the State Purchasing Director to promulgate rules governing payment procedures for state agencies.

Clarified that state agencies with certified procurement officers and compliant internal procedures may make acquisitions exceeding $25,000 up to $250,000, whereas the previous text was less explicit about this upper limit for these specific agencies.

The bill text was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' status, adding new sponsors (Chapman, Wolfley, Stark, Menz) and removing the original sponsors (Crosswhite Hader, Dobrinski, Stinson, Fugate, Woolley, Kendrix, Kelley, McCane) from the header.

Added co-sponsors (West, Archer, Crosswhite Hader, Dobrinski, Stinson, Fugate, Woolley, Kendrix, Kelley, and McCane) and updated the bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed'.

Minor formatting adjustments to the bill title and summary text, including rephrasing 'amending' to 'and amending' for grammatical flow.