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PA HB1760
Bill
Status
7/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Scott
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AI Summary
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Increases the Statewide annual participation goal for veteran business enterprises in Commonwealth contracts from 3% to 5%, and authorizes the Secretary of General Services to set higher aspirational targets reviewed every five years based on disparity studies.
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Establishes the Small Diverse Business Program to assist businesses owned by economically and socially disadvantaged persons, expanding the definition of "small business" from 100 to 500 or fewer employees.
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Creates a separate Participation Program for Construction and Design Professional Services with its own contract-specific goals, disparity study requirements, and provisions for small diverse business participation.
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Requires Statewide disparity studies every five years (following the June 30, 2024 study schedule) to assess availability and utilization of veteran business enterprises and small diverse businesses, with results published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Both the Small Diverse Business Program and the Construction/Design Professional Services program expire December 31, 2030, unless disparity studies show statistically significant disparities in small diverse business utilization.
Legislative Description
In veteran-owned small businesses, further providing for definitions, for regulations, for participation goal, for duties of Department of General Services and for bonding and progress payments, providing for request for full or partial waiver of contract-specific goal, further providing for reports and providing for disparity study; in small and disadvantaged businesses, further providing for policy and for definitions, providing for Small Diverse Business Program and for nonapplicability, further providing for regulations and for duties of department, providing for request for full or partial waiver of contract-specific goal, further providing for bonding and progress payments and for report to General Assembly and providing for aspirational target, for disparity study and for program expiration; providing for Participation Program for Construction and Design Professional Services; and making editorial changes.
Last Action
Referred to Commerce
7/23/2025