New York S 6315: Establishes expanded construction mentorship opportunities for small and minority and women-owned business enterprises

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S06315 Summary:

BILL NOS06315 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07235

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§311 & 313, Exec L; amd §147, St Fin L; amd §1265-b, Pub Auth L

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Establishes expanded construction mentorship opportunities for small and minority and women-owned business enterprises.

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BILL NOS06315 

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1009

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A7235

&nbspA07235 AMEND= Bichotte Hermelyn

&nbsp03/21/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/04/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/06/2025reported 

&nbsp06/06/2025rules report cal.450

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.450

&nbsp06/06/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/06/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6315

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1009

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/12/2025vetoed memo.105

&nbsp12/12/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6315

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the state finance law and the public
 authorities law, in relation to establishing expanded construction
 mentorship opportunities for small and minority and women-owned busi-
 ness enterprises

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 311 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as added by chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (e) identify and establish mentorship opportunities and other business
 5 development programs to increase capacity and better prepare MWBEs for
 6 bidding on contracts with state agencies upon successful completion of
 7 the mentorship opportunity. Such mentorship opportunities shall be
 8 intended to ensure that mentor and mentee are connected based on a
 9 commercially useful function. Mentorship opportunities shall also be
 10 identified and established in instances where there is privity of
 11 contract between a minority and women-owned business enterprise and a
 12 subcontractor or contractor working on a state contract.
 13 § 2. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 2-a of section 313 of the executive
 14 law, as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new
 15 paragraph (k) is added to read as follows:
 16 (j) require each agency to consult the most current disparity study
 17 when calculating agency-wide and contract specific participation goals
 18 pursuant to this article; [and]
 19 (k) encourage mentor-protege relationships as defined in section one
 20 hundred forty-seven of the state finance law, between a minority and
 21 women-owned business enterprise and a state agency where there is privi-
 22 ty of contract between a minority and women-owned business enterprise
 23 and a subcontractor or contractor working on a state contract.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10443-01-5

 S. 6315 2

 1 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 147 of the state finance law, as added
 2 by chapter 360 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. In every state agency, department and authority which has let more
 4 than ten million dollars in service and construction contracts in the
 5 prior fiscal year, the chief executive officer of that agency, depart-
 6 ment or authority shall develop a mentor-protege program to foster long-
 7 term relationships between state agencies, approved mentor firms, and
 8 small business concerns and minority and women-owned businesses certi-
 9 fied