New York S 7443: Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts

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S07443 Summary:

BILL NOS07443 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03714

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, JACKSON, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 17-B §§369-m - 369-p, Exec L

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Relates to participation by LGBT, disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts.

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BILL NOS07443 

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04/16/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7443

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, PARKER -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to participation by LGBT,
 disability and veteran-owned businesses in state contracts; and
 providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York State Supplier Diversity Act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 17-B to read
 4 as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 17-B
 6 SUPPLIER DIVERSITY IN STATE CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES
 7 Section 369-m. Definitions.
 8 369-n. Division of supplier diversity.
 9 369-o. Opportunities for certified LGBT, disability and veter-
 10 an-owned business enterprises.
 11 369-p. Severability.
 12 § 369-m. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 13 shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Certified LGBT, disability, or veteran-owned business enterprise"
 15 shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, part-
 16 nership, limited liability company or corporation that is:
 17 (a) at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more LGBT individuals,
 18 disabled individuals or veterans;
 19 (b) an enterprise in which such LGBT, disability or veteran ownership
 20 is real, substantial, and continuing;
 21 (c) an enterprise in which such LGBT, disability or veteran ownership
 22 has and exercises the authority to control independently the day-to-day
 23 business decisions of the enterprise;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05867-01-5

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 1 (d) an enterprise authorized to do business in this state and which is
 2 independently owned and operated;
 3 (e) an enterprise that is a small business which has a significant
 4 business presence in the state, not dominant in its field and employs,
 5 based on its industry, a certain number of persons as determined by the
 6 director, but not to exceed three hundred, taking into consideration
 7 factors which include, but are not limited to, federal small business
 8 administration standards pursuant to 13 CFR part 121 and any amendments
 9 thereto; and
 10 (f) certified by the office of general services, or an approved third-
 11 party agency pursuant to subdivision five of section three hundred
 12 sixty-nine-n of this article.
 13 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the office of general
 14 services.
 15 3. "Director" shall mean the director of the division of supplier
 16 diversity.
 17 4. "Disabled individual" shall mean a person who has physical, mental
 18 or medical impairment from anatomical, physiological or neurological
 19 conditions which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily function or is
 20 demonstrable by medically accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic
 21 techniques.
 22 5. "Division" shall mean the division of supplier diversity in the
 23 office of general services.
 24 6. "LGBT individual" shall mean a person who identifies as lesbian,
 25 gay, bisexual or transgender.
 26 7. "State agency" shall mean: (a)(i) any state department; or (ii) any
 27 division, board, commission or bureau of any state department; or (iii)
 28 the state university of New York and the city university of New York,
 29