New York S 3257: Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons

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S03257 Summary:

BILL NOS03257 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02496

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRASHBY, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §162, St Fin L

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Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.

Go to top S03257 Actions:

BILL NOS03257 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1396

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A2496

&nbspA02496 AMEND= McDonald

&nbsp01/17/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.301

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.301

&nbsp06/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S3257

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1396

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.122

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3257

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and
 Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to preferred source
 status for entities that provide employment and services to certain
 persons

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 162 of the state finance law, as
 2 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Purpose. To advance special social and economic goals, selected
 4 providers shall have preferred source status for the purposes of
 5 procurement in accordance with the provisions of this section. Procure-
 6 ment from these providers shall be exempted from the competitive
 7 procurement provisions of section one hundred sixty-three of this arti-
 8 cle and other competitive procurement statutes. Such exemption shall
 9 apply to commodities produced, manufactured or assembled, including
 10 those repackaged, assembled or fulfilled to meet the form, function and
 11 utility required by state agencies, in New York state and, where so
 12 designated, services provided by those sources in accordance with this
 13 section.
 14 § 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state finance
 15 law, as amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 16 as follows:
 17 d. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-
 18 profit-making agency for other disabled persons and/or formerly incar-
 19 cerated persons approved for such purposes by the commissioner of educa-
 20 tion, or incorporated under the laws of this state and approved for such
 21 purposes by the commissioner of education;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02990-01-5

 S. 3257 2

 1 § 2-a. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state
 2 finance law, as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2002, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 d. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-
 5 profit-making agency for other severely disabled persons and/or formerly
 6 incarcerated persons approved for such purposes by the commissioner of
 7 education, or incorporated under the laws of this state and approved for
 8 such purposes by the commissioner of education;
 9 § 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 162
 10 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 2022,
 11 is amended to read as follows:
 12 (iii) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utili-
 13 ty required by, a state agency or political subdivision or public be