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Introduced Session

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.

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Kristin Corrado (R)*,  Vin Gopal (D)*,  Carmen Amato (R),  Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D), 

Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Hearing (13:00:00 3/3/2025 Committee Room 1, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ) (on 03/03/2025)

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