Senate Bill S4363

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to contractual relationships with minority and women-owned businesses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S4363 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-f, St Fin L; amd §106-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7384
2017-2018: S1337
2019-2020: S2811
2021-2022: S5858
2023-2024: S3017

2025-S4363 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to contractual relationships with minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

2025-S4363 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4363
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law,  in
   relation  to  contractual  relationships with minority and women-owned
   businesses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section  139-f  of  the state finance law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. ANY CONTRACTOR WHO SUBCONTRACTS AND/OR HAS  A  JOINT  VENTURE  WITH
 MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON A PUBLIC WORK PROJECT AND PRIOR
 TO COMPLETION OF SUCH PROJECT  THE  CONTRACTOR  CEASES  ITS  CONTRACTUAL
 RELATIONSHIP  WITH  ANY TO ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, SUCH
 CONTRACTOR SHALL REPORT SUCH CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC  OWNER
 OF SUCH PROJECT AND THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVEL-
 OPMENT.  FAILURE  TO REPORT WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS SHALL RESULT IN A
 FINE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND  WOMEN'S
 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
   §  2.  Section 106-b of the general municipal law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. ANY CONTRACTOR WHO SUBCONTRACTS AND/OR HAS  A  JOINT  VENTURE  WITH
 MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON A PUBLIC WORK PROJECT AND PRIOR
 TO COMPLETION OF SUCH PROJECT  THE  CONTRACTOR  CEASES  ITS  CONTRACTUAL
 RELATIONSHIP  WITH  ANY TO ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, SUCH
 CONTRACTOR SHALL REPORT SUCH CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC  OWNER
 OF SUCH PROJECT AND THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVEL-
 OPMENT.  FAILURE  TO REPORT WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS SHALL RESULT IN A
 FINE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND  WOMEN'S
 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05643-01-5

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