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Bill Text

A1672 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1672 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Lopez, Swain, Haider, Quijano, Carter, Park 
and Assemblyman Rodriguez

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct 
disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned 
businesses in State procurement process.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act authorizing the State Chief Diversity Officer to 
conduct a disparity study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and 
women-owned businesses in the State procurement process and supplementing Title 
52 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� The Chief Diversity 
Officer shall conduct a study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and 
women-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and services for State 
agencies to determine whether disparities exist in the availability and utilization 
of minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

���� b.� Following completion of 
the study, the Chief Diversity Officer shall prepare and submit to the Governor 
and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the 
Legislature, a report containing the study�s findings and recommendations for 
legislative or other actions that can be taken to promote opportunities for 
minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in the procurement of goods 
and services for State agencies.

���� c.� The Chief Diversity 
Officer may prepare and submit additional reports as the officer deems 
appropriate, and each report, with the exception of the first report prepared 
under this section, shall additionally identify the extent to which the 
officer�s prior recommendations have been successfully implemented and the 
apparent impact that the implementation of such recommended changes have had on 
the procurement of goods and services for State agencies in the preceding 
years.� Every four years following the issuance of the first report the officer 
shall report to the Legislature whether a study concerning the utilization of 
minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and 
services for State agencies is needed and may request an appropriation of 
funding for the study to be included in the next following annual 
appropriations act.

���� d.� For purposes of this 
section, "State agency" means any of the principal departments in the 
Executive Branch of the State government, and any division, board, bureau, 
office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such department, 
the Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau or commission within 
or created by the Legislative Branch, and any independent State authority, 
commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized by law to award 
public contracts.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

����� This bill would require the State Chief Diversity 
Officer to conduct a disparity study to determine whether disparities exist in 
the availability and utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses 
in the State procurement process.

����� Following completion of the study, the Chief 
Diversity Officer would be required to submit a report to the Governor and the 
Legislature detailing the officer�s findings and making recommendations for 
legislative or other actions that can be taken to promote opportunities for 
minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in the procurement of goods 
and services for State agencies.� After the disparity study is submitted, the 
Chief Diversity Officer may, in the officer�s discretion, prepare and submit additional 
reports identifying the extent to which previous recommendations have been 
successfully implemented and any apparent impact the implementation of such 
recommendations have had on State procurement in the preceding years. 

����� Studies which demonstrate the disparity between the 
availability and utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in 
the State procurement process can help provide the basis for goal-based 
procurement programs to alleviate historic discrimination against 
minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises.

����� Every four years following the issuance of the first 
report the Chief Diversity Officer must submit an additional report to the 
Legislature on whether a study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and 
women-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and services for State 
agencies is needed.� The officer may request an appropriation of funding for 
the study.