New York S 6314: Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies

Status: REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 6314

Sponsors: James Sanders Jr., Kevin S. Parker, Lea Webb, Nathalia Fernandez

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S06314 Summary:

BILL NOS06314 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07054

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, PARKER, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §311-a, Exec L

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Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies.

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6314

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, FERNANDEZ, PARKER, WEBB -- 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, in relation to authorizing the empire
 state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE
 consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement
 procedures utilized by state agencies

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

 1 Section 1. Section 311-a of the executive law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. The empire state development corporation, acting through the state-
 4 wide advocate, shall retain one or more independent MWBE consultant
 5 firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures
 6 utilized by state agencies, the level and training of staff involved in
 7 the procurement process and the outreach measures used by such staff to
 8 work with minority-owned and women-owned businesses during the procure-
 9 ment process. The WMBE contractor shall report its findings and recom-
 10 mendations for improvements to the statewide advocate on a quarterly
 11 basis.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section
 14 311-a of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not
 15 affect the repeal of article 15-A of the executive law and shall be
 16 deemed to repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10438-01-5

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