ASSEMBLY, No. 992
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS -JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman McKnight, Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywomen
Lopez and Swain
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study
concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in
State procurement process.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly State and Local Government Committee with
technical review.
A992 REYNOLDS-JACKSON, STANLEY
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AN ACT authorizing the State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct a 1
disparity study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and 2
women-owned businesses in the State procurement process and 3
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 4
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 6
of New Jersey: 7
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1. a. The Chief Diversity Officer shall conduct a study 9
concerning the utilization of minority-owned and women-owned 10
businesses in the procurement of goods and services for State agencies 11
to determine whether disparities exist in the availability and utilization 12
of minority-owned and women-owned businesses. 13
b. Within 18 months after the date of enactment of this act, the 14
Chief Diversity Officer shall prepare and submit to the Governor and, 15
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the 16
Legislature, a report containing the study’s findings and 17
recommendations for legislative or other actions that can be taken to 18
promote opportunities for minority-owned and women-owned business 19
enterprises in the procurement of goods and services for State 20
agencies. 21
c. The Chief Diversity Officer may prepare and submit additional 22
reports as the officer deems appropriate, and each report, with the 23
exception of the first report prepared under this section, shall 24
additionally identify the extent to which the officer’s prior 25
recommendations have been successfully implemented and the 26
apparent impact that the implementation of such recommended 27
changes have had on the procurement of goods and services for State 28
agencies in the preceding years. Every four years following the 29
issuance of the first report the officer shall report to the Legislature 30
whether a study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and 31
women-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and services 32
for State agencies is needed and may request an appropriation of 33
funding for the study to be included in the next following annual 34
appropriations act. 35
d. For purposes of this section, "State agency" means any of the 36
principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State 37
government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or 38
other instrumentality within or created by such department, the 39
Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau or commission 40
within or created by the Legislative Branch, and any independent State 41
authority, commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized 42
by law to award public contracts. 43
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 45