---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprises post completion certification, duties of the director and creating the minority and women-owned business enterprise fund"
description: "Requires post completion certifications to be completed, under penalty of perjury, that the MWBE performed the work, performed the services, or delivered the materials; requires that the division of minority and women's business development create an internet registry, and perform inspections of MWBEs to weed out fraud and abuse; requires that additional regulations be adopted related to revocations of certifications for felony convictions for fraudulently misrepresenting the status of an MWBE; permits a court to issue fines double the amount that should have been paid to an MWBE upon conviction for felony fraud related to the MWBE program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9259"
citation: "New York A 9259 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PEOPLES-STOKES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/567f3f43-f1f6-485a-a695-8386da4eb8e4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9259"
source_hash: "e57110e6f7792af1615036919b16d01f6c7af5e475e744219255f82eb454ad1a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 9259 (2021-2022) — Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprises post completion certification, duties of the director and creating the minority and women-owned business enterprise fund

Requires post completion certifications to be completed, under penalty of perjury, that the MWBE performed the work, performed the services, or delivered the materials; requires that the division of minority and women's business development create an internet registry, and perform inspections of MWBEs to weed out fraud and abuse; requires that additional regulations be adopted related to revocations of certifications for felony convictions for fraudulently misrepresenting the status of an MWBE; permits a court to issue fines double the amount that should have been paid to an MWBE upon conviction for felony fraud related to the MWBE program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A9259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9259&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A9259A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A9259A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PEOPLES-STOKES — primary (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** PRINT NUMBER 9259A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** REPORTED
- **2022-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.418
- **2022-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.418
- **2022-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3390A
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.599
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-10-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-06** SIGNED CHAP.567 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-06** APPROVAL MEMO.18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/567f3f43-f1f6-485a-a695-8386da4eb8e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).