New York S 8246: Designates the "Bear Mountain bridge" as the "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge"

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S08246 Summary:

BILL NOS08246 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 139-m, amd 163, St Fin L

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Relates to campaign contributions by certain vendors for procurement contracts.

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BILL NOS08246 

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05/27/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1788

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1727

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8246

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
 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 campaign contrib-
 utions by vendors

 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-m to read as follows:
 3 § 139-m. Restrictions on vendor contributions. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Procuring entity" shall mean:
 6 (i) any state agency, department, board, bureau, division, commission,
 7 committee, council, office, state university of New York, city universi-
 8 ty of New York, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 9 function for the state; and
 10 (ii) any covered authority, as defined in subdivision six of section
 11 two-a of this chapter.
 12 (b) "Vendor" shall mean any natural or legal person, business corpo-
 13 ration, public corporation, professional services corporation, limited
 14 liability company, partnership, limited partnership, business trust,
 15 association, labor organization, religious corporation, education corpo-
 16 ration, or not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of this
 17 state, or any other state or foreign jurisdiction, seeking to enter into
 18 a procurement contract with any procuring entity or the legislature,
 19 including:
 20 (i) key employees, including officers, members of the board of direc-
 21 tors and trustees, and shall include the spouse or domestic partner and
 22 any dependent children living in the same household as an individual
 23 described in this paragraph;
 24 (ii) any subsidiary, parent corporation, or affiliated company or
 25 entity thereof directly or indirectly controlled by the vendor;
 26 (iii) any subcontractor of a vendor; and
 27 (iv) any lobbyist hired by a vendor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06337-01-5

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 1 (c) (i) "Restricted period" shall mean the period during which a
 2 vendor is prohibited from making a contribution to a statewide elected
 3 official, a candidate for a statewide elected office, or their author-
 4 ized political committee.
 5 (ii) The "restricted period" shall commence the earlier of:
 6 (A) when the vendor engages in lobbying, as defined by subdivision (c)
 7 of section one-c of the legislative law, to attempt to influence the
 8 results of a procurement;
 9 (B) at the earliest posting, on a procuring entity's website, in a
 10 newspaper of general circulation, or written notice in the procurement
 11 opportunities newsletter pursuant to article four-C of the economic
 12 development law, advertisement or solicitation of a request for
 13 proposal, invitation for bids, solicitation of proposals, or any other
 14 method provided for by law, regulation, or executive order of the gover-
 15 nor pursuant to section twenty-nine-a of the executive law for solicit-
 16 ing a response i