senate Bill S1215

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to assisting contractors to identify minority group members and women for hiring opportunities

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 31, 2021 signed chap.825
Dec 20, 2021 delivered to governor
Jun 03, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.380
substituted for a7498
Mar 10, 2021 referred to governmental operations
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 10, 2021 advanced to third reading
Feb 09, 2021 2nd report cal.
Feb 08, 2021 1st report cal.299
Jan 08, 2021 referred to procurement and contracts

Votes

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Mar 10, 2021 - floor Vote

S1215
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floor
63
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Nay
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Absent
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Excused
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Abstained
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Floor Vote: Mar 10, 2021

aye (63)

Feb 8, 2021 - Procurement and Contracts committee Vote

S1215
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committee
7
Aye
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
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Abstained
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Procurement and Contracts Committee Vote: Feb 8, 2021

aye (7)

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S1215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7498
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §311, Exec L; amd §811, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11160
2019-2020: S6373, A2430

S1215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Assists contractors in identifying minority group members and women who are participating in apprenticeship agreements.

S1215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1215
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  labor  law,  in  relation  to
   assisting contractors to identify minority group members and women for
   hiring opportunities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (h), (i) and (j) of subdivision 3 of section 311
 of the executive law, paragraph (h) as amended by section 1 of  part  BB
 of  chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs (i) and (j) as amended by
 chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, are amended and a new paragraph  (k)  is
 added to read as follows:
   (h)  notwithstanding  the provisions of section two hundred ninety-six
 of this chapter, to file a  complaint  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 section  two hundred ninety-seven of this chapter where the director has
 knowledge that a contractor may have violated the  provisions  of  para-
 graph  (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision one of section two hundred ninety-
 six of this chapter where  such  violation  is  unrelated,  separate  or
 distinct from the state contract as expressed by its terms; [and]
   (i)  to  streamline  the state certification process to accept federal
 and municipal corporation certifications;
   (j) to make publicly available records of all  waivers  of  compliance
 reported  pursuant  to paragraph (b) of subdivision six of section three
 hundred thirteen of this article on the division's website[.]; AND
   (K) TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  (J) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED ELEVEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW  TO  ASSIST  CONTRACTORS  IN  IDENTIFYING  MINORITY  GROUP
 MEMBERS  AND  WOMEN  WHO  ARE PARTICIPATING IN APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENTS
 UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW.
   § 2. Paragraphs (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of  section  811  of  the
 labor  law, as relettered by chapter 884 of the laws of 1965, are relet-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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