Senate Bill S3612

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to granting a preference to New York State businesses in the state contract award process

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee

  • 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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2025-S3612 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7596
2019-2020: S61
2021-2022: S6325
2023-2024: S3588

2025-S3612 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants a preference to New York state businesses in the state contract award process where the New York state business' bid is within five percent of the winning bid.

2025-S3612 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3612 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3612
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HELMING, MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Procurement  and
   Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to granting a prefer-
   ence to New York State businesses in the state contract award process

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 162 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. PREFERRED STATUS FOR BIDS. A. PREFERRED STATUS, AS PRESCRIBED  IN
 THIS  SECTION, SHALL BE ACCORDED TO BIDS WHERE SUCH BID'S COMMODITIES OR
 SERVICES ARE PRODUCED BY A COMPANY WHOSE HEADQUARTERS AND PRIMARY  BUSI-
 NESS PRESENCE ARE LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE AND SUCH BID WAS WITHIN FIVE
 PERCENT  OF  THE  WINNING  BID. A COMPANY'S PRIMARY BUSINESS PRESENCE IS
 LOCATED IN NEW YORK STATE WHEN IT REALIZES MORE THAN  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF
 ITS COMBINED GROSS REVENUES FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITY GENERATED IN NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  HAS  MORE  THAN  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF ITS FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
 EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK STATE.
   B. WHEN PREFERRED STATUS IS GIVEN TO MULTIPLE BIDS, THE BEST PREFERRED
 STATUS BID SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE WINNING BID.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08234-01-5

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