---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans"
description: "Makes a technical correction to certain provisions of the New York city charter relating to the procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities; increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans to $750,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8082"
citation: "New York S 8082 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Sanders Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9536434e-2a49-46a2-963b-ad3377b730e8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8082"
source_hash: "b39be7496f1905429eabd5a965bb9b7a07c58194885cc6c7f6727a32d6d2ecaf"
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 8082 (2023-2024) — Increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans

Makes a technical correction to certain provisions of the New York city charter relating to the procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities; increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans to $750,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8082&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–45** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Sanders Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.64
- **2024-01-16** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-16** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8562
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.262
- **2024-03-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** SIGNED CHAP.110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9536434e-2a49-46a2-963b-ad3377b730e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).