Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.

This bill updates New Jersey's certification standards for minority-owned and women-owned businesses to include resellers. It prohibits disqualifying such businesses solely because they don’t hold physical inventory, provided they order products from manufacturers, pay for them, assume ownership risk, and arrange shipping to customers. The bill also requires the certification process to include safeguards against using shell companies or other arrangements to evade ownership requirements. This directly affects reseller businesses seeking state contract eligibility under minority/women-owned business programs.