STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ
District 33 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson and Carter
SYNOPSIS
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury to develop and implement programs to increase utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning minority-owned and women-owned businesses and amending P.L.2017, c.95.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2017, c.95 (C.52:32-18.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. There is established in the Division of Purchase and Property in the State Department of the Treasury a Chief Diversity Officer. It shall be the duty of the Chief Diversity Officer to [monitor]:
a. Monitor the State's public contracting process for the purpose of compiling information on the awarding of contracts to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, the total value of all contracts and the percentage of the value of those contracts awarded to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises ; and
b. Develop and implement programs and initiatives to increase the utilization of minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in the State.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.95, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.