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Committee advances bill requiring small business liaisons at every state agency
Summary
SB 656 would require every state agency to designate a small business liaison and report outreach and contract participation data annually to the Office of the Small Business Advocate; the measure passed the committee and was left on call for absent members.
Senator Richardson urged the committee to advance SB 656, legislation that would require each state agency to designate a small business liaison and report contract and subcontract information annually to the Office of the Small Business Advocate.
Richardson said the proposal aims to expand access for small businesses to state contracting. She noted California is home to about 4,100,000 small businesses that produce…
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