New York S 7169: Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking

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S07169 Summary:

BILL NOS07169 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00965

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §139-d-1, amd §163, St Fin L

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Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement.

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BILL NOS07169 

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04/03/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7169

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 requiring state
 contractors submit a statement on human trafficking

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 139-d-1 to read as follows:
 3 § 139-d-1. Statement on human trafficking in bids to the state. 1.
 4 (a) Every bid hereafter made to the state or any public department,
 5 agency or official thereof, where competitive bidding is required by
 6 statute, rule or regulation, for work or services performed or to be
 7 performed or goods sold or to be sold, shall contain the following
 8 statement subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true
 9 under the penalties of perjury:
 10 "By submission of this bid, each bidder and each person signing on
 11 behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each
 12 party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of
 13 perjury, that to the best of such person's knowledge and belief, the
 14 goods, work or services to be supplied or performed will be supplied or
 15 performed without doing business with any organization, person, or enti-
 16 ty that is engaging in human trafficking."
 17 (b) In addition to the statement required by paragraph (a) of this
 18 subdivision, any bidder that maintains a written policy for preventing
 19 human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply
 20 chain shall submit to the state or any public department, agency or
 21 official thereof soliciting such bid such current written policy when
 22 submitting such statement.
 23 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the statement on human trafficking
 24 or written policy for preventing human trafficking required pursuant to
 25 subdivision one of this section may be submitted electronically in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02165-01-5

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 1 accordance with the provisions of subdivision seven of section one
 2 hundred sixty-three of this chapter.
 3 3. A bid shall not be considered for award nor shall any award be made
 4 where subdivision one of this section has not been complied with;
 5 provided however, that if in any case the bidder cannot make the forego-
 6 ing certification, the bidder shall so state and shall furnish with the
 7 bid a signed statement which sets forth in detail the reasons therefor.
 8 4. Any bid hereafter made to the state or any public department, agen-
 9 cy or official thereof by a corporate bidder for work or services
 10 performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, where compet-
 11 itive bidding is required by statute, rule or regulation, and where such
 12 bid contains the certification or written policy referred to in subdivi-
 13 sion one of this section, shall be deemed to have been authorized by the
 14 board of directors of the bidder, and such authorization shall be deemed
 15 to include the signing and submission of the bid and the inclusion ther-
 16 ein of the certificate on human trafficking and written policy for
 17 preventing human trafficking as the act and deed of t