S 7638 — Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who complies with certain standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder
Congress · introduced 2025-04-24
Provides that certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental resilience, racial equity, valued workforce, valued agricultural sector, animal welfare, and nutrition.
Latest action: 2026-05-05 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — sponsor · 2025-04-24
- Jamaal Bailey (—, NY-36) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Jeremy Cooney (—, NY-56) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Patrick M. Gallivan (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, NY-47) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Jack M. Martins (—, NY-7) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Dean Murray (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Anthony H. Palumbo (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Kevin S. Parker (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Robert Rolison (—, NY-39) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Sean Ryan (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-04-24
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 7638A
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1836
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A8091A
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.873
- · assembly — DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 7638B
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-04-24 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-05-22 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-01-08 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (19)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-24 | Liz Krueger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Patrick M. Gallivan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Michelle Hinchey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Brad Hoylman-Sigal | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Kevin S. Parker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Sean Ryan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Anthony H. Palumbo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Jack M. Martins | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Jamaal Bailey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Patricia Fahy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Dean Murray | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Jeremy Cooney | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Lea Webb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-24 | Robert Rolison | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Anthony H. Palumbo (—, state_upper NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brad Hoylman-Sigal (—, state_upper NY-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dean Murray (—, state_upper NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jack M. Martins (—, state_upper NY-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jamaal Bailey (—, state_upper NY-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Patrick M. Gallivan (—, state_upper NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Robert Rolison (—, state_upper NY-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Sean Ryan (—, state_upper NY-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Sean Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · sponsored by Michelle Hinchey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Jack M. Martins (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Anthony H. Palumbo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Jamaal Bailey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Robert Rolison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Dean Murray (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-24 · cosponsored by Kevin S. Parker (cosponsor) · sponsorship