Assembly Actions -
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S6374
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5687
- Current Committee:
- Senate Procurement And Contracts
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §310, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S6609, A7099
2025-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6374 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of small business for minority group members and women with respect to state contracts PURPOSE: Raises the number of workers required for consideration as an MWBE small business from 300 to 500 employees. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends the Executive Law to increase the thresh- old of workers from 300 to 500 for small business MWBEs. Section two provides the effective date.
2025-S6374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6374 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of small business for minority group members and women with respect to state contracts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 310 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 44 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 20. "Small business" as used in this section, unless otherwise indi- cated, shall mean a business which has a significant business presence in the state, is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field and employs, based on its industry, a certain number of persons as determined by the director, but not to exceed [three] FIVE hundred, except during a declared state disaster emergency as defined pursuant to section twenty-eight of this chapter, not to exceed [three] FIVE hundred employees who work thirty or more hours per week over the period of fifty-two weeks for a total of one thousand five hundred sixty hours worked, taking into consideration factors which include, but are not limited to, federal small business administration standards pursuant to 13 CFR part 121 and any amendments thereto. The director may issue regu- lations on the construction of the terms in this definition. For purposes of this subdivision, an employee may break from employment for up to thirteen weeks without the fifty-two week lookback period reset- ting. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, the amendments to article 15-A of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06220-02-5
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