New York S 8826: Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise

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S08826 Summary:

BILL NOS08826 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09451

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §314, Exec L (as proposed in S.596 & A.2296)

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Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership or capital contribution relied upon for certification of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.

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BILL NOS08826 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93

01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9451

&nbspA09451 AMEND= McDonald

&nbsp01/06/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/12/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/12/2026reported 

&nbsp01/12/2026rules report cal.6

&nbsp01/12/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.6

&nbsp01/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/13/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8826

&nbsp01/28/20263RD READING CAL.93

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.15

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8826

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing a rebuttable
 presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned
 business enterprise

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 314 of the executive law, as
 2 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the executive law
 3 relating to providing a rebuttable presumption relating to recertif-
 4 ication as a minority and women-owned business enterprise, as proposed
 5 in legislative bills numbers S. 596 and A. 2296, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 5. (a) With the exception of provisional MWBE certification, as
 8 provided for in subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred ten of
 9 this article, all minority and women-owned business enterprise certif-
 10 ications shall be valid for a period of five years.
 11 (b) [Upon] Within eighteen months of the expiration of a minority and
 12 women-owned business enterprise certification and the submission of a
 13 new and completed application for minority and women-owned business
 14 enterprise [recertification] certification, if there is no change in the
 15 ownership or capital contribution relied upon for certification of the
 16 enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the
 17 enterprise from the time of approval of a previous [original] minority
 18 and women-owned business enterprise certification that was approved
 19 within the previous [ten] six years and six months, if such application
 20 is compliant with [21 NYCRR 9606] 5 NYCRR 144 then there shall be a
 21 rebuttable presumption that the previous minority-owned business enter-
 22 prise satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (a)[,] and (b) [and (c)]
 23 of subdivision seven of section three hundred ten of this article and
 24 that the previous women-owned business enterprise satisfies the require-
 25 ments of paragraphs (a)[,] and (b) [and (c)] of subdivision fifteen of
 26 section three hundred ten of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01747-02-6

 S. 8826 2

 1 (c) The division in its discretion may review applications subject to
 2 this rebuttable presumption and issue such determination pursuant to all
 3 applicable laws and regulations. Any presumption of minority and women-
 4 owned business enterprise certification shall expire upon the final
 5 determination of an application for certification.
 6 § 2. This a