Senate Bill S4235

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires state contractors to submit a statement on preventing human trafficking

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Current 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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2023-S4235 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6423
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
2021-2022: S1216, S8080

2023-S4235 (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.

2023-S4235 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4235 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4235
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  MAY  BE  SUBMITTED  ELECTRONICALLY  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03901-01-3
              

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