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A 5011: Requires public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract.
What A 5011 does, verified January 13, 2026
The bill requires public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to minority- or women-owned business enterprises that were unsuccessful in bidding on a contract. The notice must be given within thirty days of the contract awarding and must state the reason or reasons for the business enterprise's unsuccessful bid. This information will help identify and address potential disparities in contracting practices. The bill aims to promote fairness and transparency in the contracting process.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5011
- What is the current status of A 5011?
- As of January 13, 2026, A 5011 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to corporations, authorities and commissions".
- Did A 5011 pass?
- Not yet. A 5011 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5011, and where is it now?
- A 5011 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Corporations, Authorities & Commissions.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 352 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5011 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, WILLIAMS, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis- sions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the economic development law, in relation to requiring public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause IV of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (j) of subdivi- 2 sion 3 of section 2879 of the public authorities law, as added by chap- 3 ter 174 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new subparagraph (I) is 4 added to read as follows: 5 IV. consult the most recent disparity study pursuant to article 6 fifteen-A of the executive law[.]; and 7 (I) A requirement that, within thirty days of the awarding of a 8 contract, the corporation awarding the contract provide written notice 9 to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully 10 bid on the contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise 11 was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract. 12 § 2. Section 143 of the economic development law is amended by adding 13 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 14 6. Within thirty days of the awarding of a contract, the agency award- 15 ing the contract shall provide written notice to each minority- or 16 women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on the contract 17 of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in 18 obtaining the contract. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04935-01-5
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