---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for opportunities for businesses owned by women and minorities"
description: "Increases the dollar threshold for purchases from businesses certified as minority or women-owned that can be made without a formal competitive process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9351"
citation: "New York S 9351 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-18"
last_action: "2022-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d60bd45-6cdb-4b57-a004-61e99cde6fed"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9351"
source_hash: "b3be71d06bcd0965754284ccf2519cf517afe9e2e55644103cef8d6adcce6cff"
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 S 9351 (2021-2022) — Provides for opportunities for businesses owned by women and minorities

Increases the dollar threshold for purchases from businesses certified as minority or women-owned that can be made without a formal competitive process.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9351&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-18** REFERRED TO CITIES 1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1486
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10459
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.591
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-10-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-06** SIGNED CHAP.569 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d60bd45-6cdb-4b57-a004-61e99cde6fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).