Bill > HB1578

This bill extends the termination date for certain provisions related to the Minority Business Enterprise Program (MBE Program), which aims to address discrimination against minority and women-owned businesses in state contracting, to July 1, 2031, and revises reporting and study deadlines. Specifically, it alters the dates by which reports and analyses concerning the MBE Program's application to cannabis licensing, public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licensees must be submitted, pushing some deadlines to September 30, 2030, and others to December 31, 2031. The bill also makes changes to the composition of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation, renaming the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to the Secretary of Social and Economic Mobility and adding the Secretary of Labor to the subcabinet, while also adjusting the reporting timelines for this subcabinet.

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