Senate Bill S1216

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


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

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2021-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §139-d-1, amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5486
2019-2020: S6660
2023-2024: S4235

2021-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking in bids to the state and maintain a written policy for preventing human trafficking within its operations, business dealings, and supply chain and provide to the state a copy of such policy when submitting such statement.

2021-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1216
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, KAMINSKY, MAY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
   contractors submit a statement on human trafficking

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 139-d-1 to read as follows:
   § 139-D-1. STATEMENT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN BIDS TO THE  STATE.    1.
 (A)  EVERY  BID  HEREAFTER  MADE  TO THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT,
 AGENCY OR OFFICIAL THEREOF, WHERE COMPETITIVE  BIDDING  IS  REQUIRED  BY
 STATUTE,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,  FOR WORK OR SERVICES PERFORMED OR TO BE
 PERFORMED OR GOODS SOLD OR TO  BE  SOLD,  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  FOLLOWING
 STATEMENT  SUBSCRIBED  BY THE BIDDER AND AFFIRMED BY SUCH BIDDER AS TRUE
 UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY:
   "BY SUBMISSION OF THIS BID, EACH BIDDER AND  EACH  PERSON  SIGNING  ON
 BEHALF  OF  ANY  BIDDER  CERTIFIES,  AND IN THE CASE OF A JOINT BID EACH
 PARTY THERETO CERTIFIES AS TO ITS OWN  ORGANIZATION,  UNDER  PENALTY  OF
 PERJURY, THAT TO THE BEST OF HIS OR HER KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, THE GOODS,
 WORK  OR  SERVICES  TO  BE  SUPPLIED  OR  PERFORMED  WILL BE SUPPLIED OR
 PERFORMED WITHOUT DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY ORGANIZATION, PERSON, OR ENTI-
 TY THAT IS ENGAGING IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
   (B) IN ADDITION TO THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  ANY  BIDDER THAT MAINTAINS A WRITTEN POLICY FOR PREVENTING
 HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHIN ITS OPERATIONS, BUSINESS DEALINGS,  AND  SUPPLY
 CHAIN  SHALL  SUBMIT  TO  THE  STATE OR ANY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT, AGENCY OR
 OFFICIAL THEREOF SOLICITING SUCH BID SUCH CURRENT  WRITTEN  POLICY  WHEN
 SUBMITTING SUCH STATEMENT.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING, THE STATEMENT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
 OR WRITTEN POLICY FOR PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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