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NY A00359
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Chantel Jackson
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AI Summary
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Requires state contracts to avoid unnecessary and unjustified bundling of contract requirements that would prevent minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) from participating as prime contractors
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Defines "unnecessary and unjustified" bundling as contract consolidation that is not required, not needed, and has no legitimate reason
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Amends both the Executive Law and State Finance Law to apply unbundling requirements to contracts involving both MWBEs and small/certified women and minority-owned businesses
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Removes existing language that only asked agencies to "consider where practicable" the severability of construction projects and bundled contracts, replacing it with a firm requirement
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Takes effect immediately, with provisions set to expire alongside the existing MWBE program's sunset date
Legislative Description
Encourages the participation of minority- and women-owned business enterprises in state contracts by avoiding unnecessary and unjustified bundling of contract requirements that preclude minority- and women-owned business participation.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026