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NY S 8291

substituted

Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including MWBEs, to participate in state contracts

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 8291 pass?

The current status of NY S 8291 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): SUBSTITUTED BY A7125

What is NY S 8291 about?

Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises, to participate in state contracts.

Who sponsors NY S 8291?

James Sanders Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 8291.

Description

Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises, to participate in state contracts.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-02 — SUBSTITUTED BY A7125
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Sanders Jr.primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-02

    SUBSTITUTED BY A7125

  2. 2026-05-20

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-19

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-18

    1ST REPORT CAL.1154

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-05-30

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Procurement And Contracts Vote

    2026-05-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes

Related bills

  • substituted-by: A 7125
  • Prior session: A 9976not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1550not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6271not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3894not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7125

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8291?summary=&detail=

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