NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5074

Senate Bill S5074

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to finance
Feb 22, 2023	referred to finance

2023-S5074 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3882
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §8-d, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9775
2017-2018: A427
2019-2020: A1540
2021-2022: S8158, A6088

2023-S5074 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending.

2023-S5074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5074

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to reports on agency
minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to report on minority and women-owned busi-
ness development contracts and spending, which will be published by the
State Comptroller on an annual basis.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 would require the State comptroller to report on agency minor-
ity and women-owned business development contracts and spending.  Such
report shall be interactive for its users as an online transparency
tool, including an intuitive dashboard approach that combines a series
of graphs and user friendly tables. Such report shall include the amount
of money contracted to each state agency and shall be further broken

down into the following four categories:  Asian American, Black Ameri-
can, Hispanic American, and women. It will also include the number of
prime contractors, subcontractors, as well as the contract values given
to each prime contractors and subcontractors. All reportable data shall
be published annually by fiscal and calendar year and shall provide for
comparison between years.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The purpose of this bill is to require the State Comptroller to annually
share and publish MWBE data with the public in an interactive and acces-
sible way and will be broken down by contract amount given to each state
agency, and further broken down by race and gender. It will also include
the number of prime contractors, number of subcontractors, and contract
values given to each prime, and subcontractor. Lastly, it will provide a
comparison of data between years to see how the data is trending.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A1540; Referred to government operations

2017-18: A427; Referred to government operations

2015-16: A9775

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S5074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5074
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to reports on  agency
   minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending
 
   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
 8-d to read as follows:
   §  8-D. REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
 CONTRACTS  AND  SPENDING.  THE  COMPTROLLER  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND
 DIRECTED  TO  PUBLISH,  AND  MAKE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE, A
 REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS
 AND SPENDING. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE INTERACTIVE  FOR  ITS  USERS,  AS  AN
 ONLINE TRANSPARENCY TOOL, INCLUDING AN INTUITIVE DASHBOARD APPROACH THAT
 COMBINES  A  SERIES  OF  GRAPHS  AND USER-FRIENDLY TABLES, THAT PROVIDES
 ACCESS TO SUBCONTRACTOR AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
 SPENDING AND CONTRACT INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  AMOUNT OF MONEY CONTRACTED TO EACH STATE AGENCY AND
 SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGO-
 RIES: ASIAN AMERICAN, BLACK  AMERICAN,  HISPANIC  AMERICAN,  AND  WOMEN.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME CONTRACTORS AND
 SUBCONTRACTORS  USED  AS  WELL  AS  THE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY SPENT ON EACH
 CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS. ALL REPORTABLE DATA SHALL BE  PUBLISHED  ANNUALLY
 BY  FISCAL  AND  CALENDAR  YEAR AND SHALL PROVIDE FOR COMPARISON BETWEEN
 YEARS.  THE WEBSITE SHALL FEATURE THE CURRENT CALENDAR AND  FISCAL  YEAR
 REPORT  INFORMATION  AND  ARCHIVE  ALL PREVIOUS CALENDAR AND FISCAL YEAR
 REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN,  WHICH  SHALL  BE
 EASY  FOR  USERS TO ACCESS.  THE WEBSITE SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED
 TO ALLOW USERS TO SEARCH VARIOUS COMBINATIONS  OF  DATA  REQUESTS  IN  A
 SINGLE  REPORT,  WITH  THE ABILITY TO DISAGGREGATE DATA. THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK CITY REGARDING THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE WEBSITE AND SHALL PROVIDE COMPARABLE REPORT AND
 DATA ORGANIZATION FOR ITS WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05445-01-3

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