S 10363 NY
Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act"
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Summary
This bill enacts the ICE Contract Transparency Act, requiring any entity operating in New York that enters into a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to file a copy of the contract with the Department of State within thirty days. Applicable contracts include those for leasing or operation of immigration detention facilities, office facilities, parking facilities, or related services made on or after January 1, 2025. The Department of State must maintain and publish a publicly accessible database of all filed contracts, including entity name, location, contract nature, and other relevant information. Entities that fail to file the required contract face civil penalties up to five thousand dollars and may be placed on the state's debarred and non-responsible entities list, disqualifying them from receiving state contracts for five years or until the required contract is filed. The bill takes effect ninety days after enactment.
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Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act"; creates a publicly accessible database for contracts made between United States immigration and customs enforcement and private entities conducting business in the state of New York; requires entities to provide the department of state with a copy of contracts made between U.S. immigration and customs enforcement and private entities operating in the state of New York.
Sponsor (1)
- James Skoufis Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO FINANCE · upper
Text versions (2)
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  SPONSOR SKOUFIS   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §94-c, Exec L   Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act"; creates a publicly accessible database for contracts made between United States immigration and customs enforcement and private entities conducting business in the state of New York; requires entities to provide the department of state with a copy of contracts made between U.S. immigration and customs enforcement and private entities operating in the state of New York.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10363
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "ICE contract transparency act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "ICE contract transparency act". 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-c to read 4 as follows: 5 § 94-c. Database for contracts with federal immigration enforcement. 6 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "entity" shall mean any 7 person, business, or other legal entity that operates or conducts busi- 8 ness in the state of New York. 9 2. Any entity that enters into a contract or other agreement with 10 United States immigration and customs enforcement beginning on or after 11 January first, two thousand twenty-five, for purposes including but not 12 limited to, the leasing or operation of immigration detention facili- 13 ties, office facilities, parking facilities or other related services, 14 shall file a copy of such contract or other agreement with the depart- 15 ment of state within thirty days of executing such contract or other 16 agreement. Any such contract or other agreement entered into on or 17 after January first, two thousand twenty-five and prior to the effective 18 date of this section shall be filed with the department of state within 19 thirty days of such effective date. 20 3. The department of state shall maintain and publish a publicly 21 accessible database of contracts or other agreements filed with the 22 department of state pursuant to subdivision two of this section. The 23 department of state shall promptly post on the database all such filed 24 contracts or other agreements. Such database shall include but not be 25 limited to: 26 (a) the name of the entity; 27 (b) the location of the entity receiving the contract and the primary 28 location of performance under the contract;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14925-07-6
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1 (c) information on the nature of the contract; and 2 (d) any other relevant information specified by the department of 3 state. 4 4. The department of state may impose a civil penalty of up to five 5 thousand dollars upon any entity who fails to file a contract or other 6 agreement required by this section. In addition to such civil penalty, 7 the department of state is authorized to determine that any entity in 8 violation of this section is a non-responsible entity and to place such 9 entity on the debarred and non-responsible entities list maintained 10 pursuant to state law, thereby disqualifying such entity from receiving 11 any state contract or award. Any entity so listed shall remain on such 12 list for a period of five years or until such entity has filed the 13 required contract or agreement with the department of state, whichever 14 occurs first. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law.
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