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S 2685: Permits the state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the correctional industries program of the department of corrections and community supervision.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified April 15, 2026

What S 2685 does, verified April 15, 2026

The state of New York is considering a bill that aims to allow state and local municipalities to purchase goods and services from sources other than the Correctional Industries Program. Currently, state agencies and local governments are required to purchase certain commodities from this program. The proposed bill would change this requirement, allowing them to purchase from other suppliers if the goods meet the required form, function, and utility. This change would take effect immediately.

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Last action: REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
Jan. 22, 2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 22, 2025 · 223 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2685 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 permitting the state and local municipalities to purchase from sources other than the correctional industries program of the department of corrections and community supervision The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2 162 of the state finance law, as amended by section 164 of subpart B of 3 part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utility 5 required by a state agency, public authority, commission, public benefit 6 corporation or political subdivision, said commodities [must] may be 7 purchased first from the correctional industries program of the depart- 8 ment of corrections and community supervision; 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04807-01-5 
Text of S 2685 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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