New York A 4761: Relates to purchasing restrictions

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A04761 Summary:

BILL NOA04761 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03094

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRMiller, Beephan, Pirozzolo, Mikulin, Simpson, DeStefano, Manktelow, Palmesano, Lemondes, Morinello,
 Chang, Blumencranz, Angelino, Durso, Jensen, Hawley, Slater, McDonough, Norber, Novakhov,
 Brook-Krasny

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §165-b, St Fin L; add §423-d, R & SS L

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Relates to purchasing restrictions and persons boycotting American allies.

Go to top A04761 Actions:

BILL NOA04761 

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02/06/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4761

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, MILLER, BEEPHAN, PIROZZOLO, MIKULIN,
 SIMPSON, DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW, PALMESANO, LEMONDES, MORINELLO, CHANG,
 BLUMENCRANZ, ANGELINO, DURSO, JENSEN, HAWLEY, SLATER, McDONOUGH --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the retirement and social
 security law, in relation to purchasing restrictions

 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
 2 165-b to read as follows:
 3 § 165-b. Purchasing restrictions; persons boycotting certain American
 4 allies. 1. As used in this section, the following definitions shall
 5 apply:
 6 (a) "Allied nation" shall mean:
 7 (i) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
 8 ization;
 9 (ii) any country that is a signatory of the Southeast Asia Treaty of
 10 1954;
 11 (iii) any country, other than Venezuela, that is a signatory of the
 12 Rio Treaty of 1947;
 13 (iv) Ireland;
 14 (v) Israel;
 15 (vi) Japan; and/or
 16 (vii) the Republic of Korea.
 17 (b) "Boycott" shall mean to engage in any activity, or to promote or
 18 encourage others to engage in any activity, that will result in any
 19 person abstaining from commercial, social or political relations, with
 20 any allied nation, or companies based in an allied nation or in territo-
 21 ries controlled by an allied nation, with the intent to penalize,
 22 inflict, or cause harm to, or otherwise promote or cast disrepute upon,
 23 such allied nation, its people or its commercial products.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06939-01-5

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 1 (c) "Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited
 2 liability company, unincorporated association or any other nongovern-
 3 mental entity, organization, or group, or any successor, subunit,
 4 parent, or subsidiary of the same.
 5 2. (a) Any person that is identified on a list created pursuant to
 6 paragraph (b) of this subdivision as a person that boycotts, as defined
 7 in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section, any allied nation,
 8 as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section, shall
 9 not be deemed a responsive bidder or offerer, pursuant to section one
 10 hundred sixty-three of this article.
 11 (b) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this
 12 section, and then annually thereafter, the commissioner shall develop
 13 and publish, using credible information available to the public, a list
 14 of persons determined by the commissioner, that have engaged in the
 15 boycotting of any allied nation. The commissioner shall not include any
 16 person on the list required to be so developed and published if the
 17 commissioner determines that such person engaging in boycotting an
 18 allied nation, engaged in such boycotting in order to comply with a
 19 provision of law of an allied nation in which such person resides or
 20 conducts business operations. Such list, when developed and published,
 21 shall be posted on the website of the office of general services.
 22 (c) In the event a person included by the commissioner on the list to
 23 be developed and published in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
 24 subdivisio