New York S 2685: Permits the state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the correctional industries program of the department of corrections and community supervision

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2685

Sponsors: James Skoufis

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S02685 Summary:

BILL NOS02685 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10948

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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Amd §162, St Fin L

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Permits the state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the correctional industries program of the department of corrections and community supervision.

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2685

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 permitting the
 state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the
 correctional industries program of the department of corrections and
 community supervision

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
 2 162 of the state finance law, as amended by section 164 of subpart B of
 3 part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utility
 5 required by a state agency, public authority, commission, public benefit
 6 corporation or political subdivision, said commodities [must] may be
 7 purchased first from the correctional industries program of the depart-
 8 ment of corrections and community supervision;
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04807-01-5

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