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Senate Bill S1432

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows for in-state suppliers to receive preference in certain situations when the state is awarding contracts

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2025-S1432 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4578
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §149, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5479
2023-2024: S1074, A5724

2025-S1432 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for in-state suppliers to receive preference in certain situations when the state is awarding contracts.

2025-S1432 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1432 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1432
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BORRELLO, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  for
   in-state  suppliers  to  receive preference in certain situations when
   the state is awarding contracts

   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
 149 to read as follows:
   § 149. IN-STATE  SUPPLIER  PREFERENCE  FOR  STATE  CONTRACTS.  1.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "STATE AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE-E OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (B)  "EXISTING  IN-STATE  SUPPLIER" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY
 WHO IS RESIDENT IN THE STATE  AND  REGULARLY  AND  CONSISTENTLY  DOES  A
 MAJORITY OF THEIR BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE WHO IS ABLE TO PROVIDE GOODS
 OR SERVICES THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING TO CONTRACT FOR.
   2.  WHEN  A STATE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS OR SERVICES IS TO
 BE MADE AND AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AN OTHERWISE QUAL-
 IFIED BIDDER WHO WILL FULFILL THE CONTRACT WHO IS AN  EXISTING  IN-STATE
 SUPPLIER  OF SUCH GOODS OR SERVICES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO MATCH THE BID OF
 THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER BEFORE ANY CONTRACT IS MADE AND AWARDED BY
 THE STATE OR BY ANY STATE AGENCY IF SUCH LOWEST  RESPONSIBLE  BIDDER  IS
 NOT  AN  EXISTING  IN-STATE SUPPLIER, PROVIDED THAT THE COST INCLUDED IN
 THE BID OF SUCH EXISTING IN-STATE SUPPLIER  IS  NOT  MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN
 PERCENT  GREATER THAN THE COST INCLUDED IN THE BID OF THE LOWEST RESPON-
 SIBLE BIDDER WHO IS NOT AN EXISTING IN-STATE SUPPLIER.
   3. IF AN OTHERWISE  QUALIFIED  BIDDER  WHO  IS  AN  EXISTING  IN-STATE
 SUPPLIER  CHOOSES  TO  MATCH THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WHO IS NOT AN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04467-01-5

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