Assembly Bill A8395

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the disclosure and consideration of gender wage disparity in the awarding of state contracts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง148 & 163-c, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5138
2019-2020: A731
2021-2022: A1776
2023-2024: A585

2015-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the disclosure and consideration of gender wage disparity in the awarding of state contracts; requires all offerors to provide the percentage of gender wage disparity by job title for all state contracts; requires agencies to compile data received on gender wage disparity and provide data to the office of general services for publication on its website; requires agencies to provide extra credit or weight to offerors with a gender wage disparity of ten percent or less.

2015-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8395

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the disclosure and
  consideration of gender  wage  disparity  in  the  awarding  of  state
  contracts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
148 to read as follows:
  S  148. DISCLOSURE OF GENDER WAGE DISPARITY DATA BY STATE CONTRACTORS.
1. ALL CONTRACT SOLICITATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  INVITATIONS
FOR BIDS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS
FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL OFFERORS SEEKING
STATE  CONTRACTS  SHALL DISCLOSE THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PAID TO MEN AND
WOMEN BY JOB TITLE  OR  POSITION.  SUCH  DISCLOSURE  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE
PERCENTAGE  OF  ANY GENDER WAGE DISPARITY WITHIN EACH JOB TITLE OR POSI-
TION.
  2. PRIOR TO MAY THIRTY-FIRST  OF  EACH  YEAR,  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  IN
RECEIPT  OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  PROVIDING  THE  OFFICE  OF  GENERAL
SERVICES  WITH  THE  COMPILED  DATA  FOR  EVERY  OFFEROR SEEKING A STATE
CONTRACT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH OFFEROR WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT, FOR  THE
PRIOR  CALENDAR  YEAR.  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL COMPILE AND
AGGREGATE THE DATA RECEIVED BY AGENCIES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS  SECTION  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE DATA ON THE PERCENTAGE OF GENDER WAGE
DISPARITY BY JOB TITLE OR POSITION ON ITS WEBSITE.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 163-c to
read as follows:
  S 163-C. CONSIDERATION OF GENDER  WAGE  DISPARITY  IN  PROCUREMENT  OF
SERVICES  AND  COMMODITIES.  IN MAKING AN AWARD OF CONTRACTS, AS PART OF
THE SCORING OF OFFERS, A STATE AGENCY SHALL  CONSIDER  THE  GENDER  WAGE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11825-01-5

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