New York A 3637: Provides for increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

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A03637 Summary:

BILL NOA03637 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06630

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRShimsky, Septimo, Reyes, Seawright, DeStefano, Davila, Buttenschon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§311, 312, 313, 315 & 316, Exec L; amd §§137, 139-f & 139-g, St Fin L

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Provides for increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

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BILL NOA03637 

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01/28/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3637

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SHIMSKY, SEPTIMO, REYES, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTE-
 FANO, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to participation by
 minority group members and women with respect to certain state
 contracts; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to estab-
 lishing a mentor-protege program for small and minority and women-
 owned business concerns and in relation to performance and payment
 bond requirements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 311 of the executive law,
 2 subdivision 3 as added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, paragraphs
 3 (d) and (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of
 4 1992, paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part BB
 5 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs (f), (h), (i), (j), (k),
 6 (l) and (m) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 40 of the laws of
 7 2023, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 361 of the laws of 2009 and
 8 the opening paragraph of subdivision 4 as amended and paragraph (d-1) of
 9 subdivision 3 and paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 4 as added by
 10 chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
 11 3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:
 12 (a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their efforts to
 13 increase participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises
 14 on state contracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award of a
 15 fair share of such contracts to them and to provide on the division's
 16 website a list of each contracting agency's minority and women-owned
 17 business enterprises certification outreach seminars;
 18 (b) to develop standardized forms and reporting documents necessary to
 19 implement this article;
 20 (c) to conduct educational outreach programs to encourage the certif-
 21 ication of minority and women-owned business enterprises consistent with
 22 the purposes of this article;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06185-01-5

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 1 (d) to review [periodically] quarterly the practices and procedures of
 2 each contracting agency with respect to compliance with the provisions
 3 of this article, and to require them to file [periodic] quarterly
 4 reports with the division of minority and women's business development
 5 as to the level of minority and women-owned business enterprises partic-
 6 ipation in the awarding of agency contracts for goods and services
 7 including but not limited to the number of state contracts awarded to
 8 certified minority or women-owned business enterprises, the maximum
 9 dollar amount obligated pursuant to all those contracts, and the total
 10 expenditures made pursuant to all such contracts; the number of state
 11 contracts awarded to certified minority or women-owned business enter-
 12 prises, the maximum dollar amount obligated pursuant to all those
 13 contracts, and the total expenditures made pursuant to all such
 14 contracts; the number of state contracts awarded which include a utili-
 15 zation plan for business participation by certified minority or women-
 16 owned business e