Assembly Bill A10117

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the state from purchasing any product that was made with child labor

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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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2023-A10117 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4389

2023-A10117 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the state from purchasing any product that was made with child labor or which contains components or parts manufactured or procured using child labor.

2023-A10117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10117
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
   state from purchasing any product that was made with child labor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED USING CHILD LABOR.
   A. THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL PREPARE A  LIST  OF  ALL
 PRODUCTS KNOWN TO BE MANUFACTURED IN WHOLE OR IN PART USING CHILD LABOR,
 INCLUDING  ANY  PRODUCTS  MANUFACTURED  IN  ANY OTHER COUNTRY, NATION OR
 PROVINCE WHICH WOULD VIOLATE THE LAWS OF NEW YORK IF  IT  WERE  MANUFAC-
 TURED WITHIN THE STATE.
   B. A STATE AGENCY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT FOR PROCUREMENT OF
 ANY PRODUCT MANUFACTURED IN WHOLE OR IN PART USING CHILD LABOR, AS IDEN-
 TIFIED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY PRODUCT
 MANUFACTURED IN ANY  OTHER  COUNTRY,  NATION  OR  PROVINCE  WHICH  WOULD
 VIOLATE THE LAWS OF NEW YORK IF IT WERE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE STATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14112-02-4

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