New Jersey · 222

A 3496

Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.

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Summary AI-generated

New Jersey Bill A 3496 requires state agencies to make a good faith effort to increase the awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.

Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Issue tags AI-classified

Government Operations & Budget 95% Civil Rights & Liberties 85% Economy & Taxes 75%

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Sponsors + 3 cosponsors

Bill Spearman Democratic lead
Linda Carter Democratic lead
Yvonne Lopez Democratic lead
Cleopatra Tucker Democratic
Rosy Bagolie Democratic
Shanique Speight Democratic

Roll-call votes on this bill

Question	Chamber	Result	Yea	Nay	Other	Date	Source
Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported…	lower	fail	4	2	2	Jun 8, 2026	LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS