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NY A 5491

in committee

Relates to providing for prompt payment by contractors receiving public funds of amounts owed to small businesses and minority-owned business enterprises

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5491 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5491 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 5491 about?

Requires contractors receiving public funds to pay amounts owed to small businesses and minority-owned business enterprises within 10 days of receipt of an undisputed invoice generated by a small business, minority-owned business enterprise or vendor management service and managed service provider on behalf of the small business or minority-owned business enterprise.

Who sponsors NY A 5491?

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the primary sponsor of NY A 5491, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Requires contractors receiving public funds to pay amounts owed to small businesses and minority-owned business enterprises within 10 days of receipt of an undisputed invoice generated by a small business, minority-owned business enterprise or vendor management service and managed service provider on behalf of the small business or minority-owned business enterprise.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelynprimary
  • Steven Ragacosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Michael Novakhovcosponsor
  • Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-14

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-14

    PRINT NUMBER 5491A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-04-30

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-30

    PRINT NUMBER 5491B

    amendment-passage

  6. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9153not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2284

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5491?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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