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NY A 359

in committee

Encourages the participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state contracts

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 359 pass?

Not yet. NY A 359 is in committee as of 2026-05-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-05): REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

What is NY A 359 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 359?

Chantel Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY A 359, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-05 — REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Chantel Jacksonprimary
  • John Zaccaro Jr.cosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-05

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6906not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4430not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5139not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6068not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3852not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2439

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A359?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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