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A1687
ASSEMBLY, No. 1687
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Venezia, Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman
Rumpf
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct
study of utilization of disabled veteran-owned businesses in State procurement
process.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
requiring the State Chief Diversity Officer to
study the utilization of disabled veteran-owned businesses in the State
procurement process, and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� The Chief Diversity
Officer shall conduct a study concerning the utilization of disabled
veteran-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and services for State
agencies to determine whether disparities exist between the availability and
utilization of disabled veteran-owned businesses.�
���� b.��� Within 12 months after
the date of enactment of this act, P.L.�� , c.�� (pending before the
Legislature as this bill), the Chief Diversity Officer shall prepare and submit
to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1),
to the Legislature, a report containing the study�s findings and
recommendations for legislative or other actions that can be taken to promote
opportunities for disabled veteran-owned businesses in the procurement of goods
and services for the State.
���� c.���� The Chief Diversity
Officer may prepare and submit additional reports as the officer deems
appropriate, and each report, with the exception of the first report prepared
under this section, shall additionally identify the extent to which the
officer�s prior recommendations have been successfully implemented and the
impact that the implementation of such recommended changes have had on the
procurement of goods and services for State agencies in the preceding years.�
���� d.��� For purposes of this
section, "State agency" means any of the principal departments in the
Executive Branch of the State government, and any division, board, bureau,
office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such
department; the Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau or
commission within or created by the Legislative Branch; and any independent
State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized by
law to award public contracts.�
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.�
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the Chief
Diversity Officer to study disabled veteran-owned businesses to determine
whether disparities exist between the availability and utilization of disabled veteran-owned
businesses in the State procurement process.�
���� The Chief Diversity Officer will
prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report containing the
study�s findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions that can
be taken to promote opportunities for disabled veteran-owned businesses in the
procurement of goods and services for the State.�
���� After the disparity study is
submitted, the Chief Diversity Officer may, in the officer�s discretion,
prepare and submit additional reports identifying the extent to which previous
recommendations have been successfully implemented and any impact the
implementation of such recommendations have had on State procurement in the
preceding years.�
���� Studies which demonstrate the
disparity between the availability and utilization of disabled veteran-owned
businesses in the State procurement process can help provide the basis for
goal-based procurement programs.