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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8284: Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses by businesses operating in state-funded buildings

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 8284 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses by businesses operating in state-funded buildings. Primary sponsor: April Baskin (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 8284B.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Relates to the utilization of minority and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, small businesses and microbusinesses in state-funded construction projects; directs the empire state development corporation, in consultation with other state agencies, to develop a state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to create rules and regulations for private businesses operating in buildings constructed using state funding to have certain employment goals and living wage requirements, annual minority and women-owned business enterprise, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business, small business and microbusiness utilization goals for maintenance and operations spending, and a community grant program; directs the state division of post-construction commitments and compliance to establish a post-construction compliance review board; provides penalties for noncompliance.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April BaskinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 8284B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
  3. REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
  4. PRINT NUMBER 8284A
  5. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
  6. REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source