What's happening
This bill requires increased outreach and transparency for minority and women-owned business enterprise programs and appropriates $1 million for these efforts.
Why it matters
Requires state agencies to publicly list specific outreach efforts. including seminars, contacts, resources, events, and opportunities—related to minority and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) certification on a centralized, accessible website, making it easier for businesses to find and access these programs.
Mandates targeted outreach and education. to promote MWBE certification, with a specific emphasis on engaging under-represented minority groups (those with less than 20% participation, such as Black and Hispanic businesses), aiming to address disparities in state contract awards.
Directs a substantial new investment ($1 million). specifically for these expanded outreach and transparency efforts, signaling a financial commitment to improving equity in public contracting and potentially increasing MWBE participation in state procurement.
May lead to increased competition and diversity. among state contractors by lowering barriers to entry for minority and women-owned businesses, which could have downstream impacts on economic opportunity and community development in under-served populations.
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Support Minority-Owned Businesses Outreach
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 14
History
- Referred to finance
- Referred to finance
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Fund Minority Business Outreach
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3214
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2019
Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, KENNEDY, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PERSAUD, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to outreach programming for minority and women-owned business enterprises; and making an appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 311 of the executive law, as added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows:
(a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their efforts to increase participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises on state contracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award of a fair share of such contracts to them and to provide on the division's website a list of each contracting agency's minority and women-owned business enterprises certification outreach seminars, contacts, resources, events and opportunities;
(c) to conduct educational outreach programs to encourage the certification of minority and women-owned business enterprises, as defined by subdivisions seven and fifteen of section three hundred ten of this article, and to promote such program to groups of minorities, with an emphasis on under-represented minorities, consistent with the purposes of this article. As used in this paragraph, "under-represented minorities" means minority groups with a state contract participation percentage of less than twenty percent of the total minority and women-owned business enterprise participation, such as blacks and Hispanics;
§ 2. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of minority and women's business development from any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit of the state purposes account, not
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otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section one of this act. Such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the division of minority and women's business development, or its duly designated representative in the manner provided by law. No expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of approval of availability shall have been issued by the director of the budget and filed with the state comptroller and a copy filed with the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee. Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be filed with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 311 of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to outreach programming for minority and women-owned business enterprises; and making an appro- priation therefor
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to enable under-represented minorities and women-owned business enterprises to be exposed to government contracting opportunities and resources.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 is to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their efforts to increase participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises on state contracts and subcontracts, to provide on the divi- sion's website a list of each contracting agency's minority and women- owned business enterprises certification outreach seminars, contracts, resources, events and opportunities. It is to conduct educational outreach programs to encourage the certification of minority and women- owned business enterprises. As used in this paragraph, "under-represent- ed minorities" means minority groups with a state contract participation percentage of less than 20% of the total MWBE participation such as blacks and Hispanics."
Section 2 is for the sum of one million dollars or so much thereof or whatever may be deemed necessary to be appropriated to the division of minority and women's business development. No expenditure shall be made from this appropriation until a certification of approval of availabili- ty shall have been issued by the director of the budget.
Justification
Efforts throughout the State to conduct outreach to minority and women owned business enterprises (MBEs) is insufficient and needs to be expanded. The appropriation that accompanies this bill will allow for more sufficient outreach to occur.
Legislative history
2017-18: S.1338 | Referred to Finance
Fiscal implications
The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to be appropriated to the division of minority and women's business development from any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to credit of the state purpose account.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 311 of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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