Senate Bill S10363

                             
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                                   10363
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  enacting  the  "ICE
   contract transparency act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "ICE contract transparency act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-c to read
 as follows:
   §  94-C.  DATABASE FOR CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
 1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ENTITY" SHALL  MEAN  ANY
 PERSON,  BUSINESS, OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY THAT OPERATES OR CONDUCTS BUSI-
 NESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   2. ANY ENTITY THAT ENTERS INTO A  CONTRACT  OR  OTHER  AGREEMENT  WITH
 UNITED  STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT BEGINNING ON OR AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, FOR PURPOSES INCLUDING BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  THE  LEASING OR OPERATION OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILI-
 TIES, OFFICE FACILITIES, PARKING FACILITIES OR OTHER  RELATED  SERVICES,
 SHALL  FILE  A COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT OR OTHER AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT OF STATE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF EXECUTING  SUCH  CONTRACT  OR  OTHER
 AGREEMENT.    ANY  SUCH  CONTRACT  OR OTHER AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO ON OR
 AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE  WITHIN
 THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  SHALL  MAINTAIN AND PUBLISH A PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE DATABASE OF CONTRACTS OR  OTHER  AGREEMENTS  FILED  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.  THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROMPTLY POST ON THE DATABASE ALL  SUCH  FILED
 CONTRACTS  OR  OTHER  AGREEMENTS. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE NAME OF THE ENTITY;
   (B) THE LOCATION OF THE ENTITY RECEIVING THE CONTRACT AND THE  PRIMARY
 LOCATION OF PERFORMANCE UNDER THE CONTRACT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (C) INFORMATION ON THE NATURE OF THE CONTRACT; AND
   (D)  ANY  OTHER  RELEVANT  INFORMATION  SPECIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
 STATE.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY OF  UP  TO  FIVE
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  UPON ANY ENTITY WHO FAILS TO FILE A CONTRACT OR OTHER
 AGREEMENT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION TO SUCH  CIVIL  PENALTY,
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE IS AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE THAT ANY ENTITY IN
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A NON-RESPONSIBLE ENTITY AND TO PLACE  SUCH
 ENTITY  ON  THE  DEBARRED  AND  NON-RESPONSIBLE ENTITIES LIST MAINTAINED
 PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, THEREBY DISQUALIFYING SUCH ENTITY FROM  RECEIVING
 ANY  STATE  CONTRACT OR AWARD. ANY ENTITY SO LISTED SHALL REMAIN ON SUCH
 LIST FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS OR  UNTIL  SUCH  ENTITY  HAS  FILED  THE
 REQUIRED  CONTRACT  OR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WHICHEVER
 OCCURS FIRST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.