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New York Assembly Agriculture Committee
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committee members
Didi Barrett (D)
Ken Blankenbush (R)
Marianne Buttenschon (D)
Catalina Cruz (D)
Brian Cunningham (D)
Mike Fitzpatrick (R)
Jodi Giglio (R)
Steve Hawley (R)
Paula Kay (D)
Anna Kelles (D)
John Lemondes (R)
Chair
Donna Lupardo (D)
Brian Miller (R)
Steven Raga (D)
Linda Rosenthal (D)
Thomas Schiavoni (D)
Amanda Septimo (D)
Al Stirpe (D)
Chris Tague (R)
Jaime Williams (D)
Carrie Woerner (D)
Stefani Zinerman (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A00107 | Establishes that animals are sentient beings capable of experiencing pain, stress, and fear; establishes an animal can be a victim of a crime. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00124 | Establishes the office of urban agriculture. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00165 | Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs; prohibits tethering under cruel or inhumane conditions, including during dangerous weather conditions when a weather alert, advisory or warning is in effect; provides for civil penalties for violations. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00181 | Creates a task force on animal laws; requires reporting to the governor and legislature of recommendations on how to increase statewide uniformity of such. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00186 | Prohibits tail docking of cattle. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00338 | Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00414 | Relates to types of New York grown, produced or harvested milk products included in the definition of surplus agricultural products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program; directs that such term include New York grown, produced or harvested milk, and milk products, including but not limited to two percent fat milk and whole milk. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| A00417 | Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis when cultivated in accordance with the cannabis law; amends the effectiveness thereof. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| A00442 | Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program; requires the commissioners of the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation and economic development to develop a list of plants and seeds eligible for consideration in such program; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00545 | Relates to the proper venue for an impounding organization to file a petition for a security to be paid by the owner of a seized animal currently in the care of such organization. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00546 | Increases the penalty for multiple convictions of torturing, killing or failing to provide sustenance to an animal to a felony, if convicted within five years from the date of a prior conviction. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00547 | Amends the definitions of pet dealers; decreases the number of animals a person can distribute to fit under the exemption. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00630 | Prohibits tethering, restraining, caging or penning of dogs outdoors between the hours of 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.; provides dogs may be tethered outdoors between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. to a stationary object or a pen or cage in a sized pen or cage four times the height and length of said dog. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00633 | Requires the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00652 | Requires a farm owner or operator that produces shell eggs or liquid eggs for human consumption to confine egg-laying hens in a cage-free housing system. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00664 | Prohibits a person convicted of "Buster's Law" from owning or possessing a companion animal unless authorized by court order, after appropriate psychiatric or psychological testing. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00665 | Relates to the creation of a crime database of all convictions in New York state of animal cruelty, fighting, neglect, abandonment and mistreatment; makes such crime database available to all law enforcement entities, district attorneys, duly incorporated humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, dog or cat protective associations and animal control officers. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00668 | Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00690 | Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child; increases the potential term of imprisonment from two to four years when such crime is committed in the presence of a child; defines presence of a child. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00730 | Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00732 | Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers when such birds have not yet been fully weaned. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00796 | Prohibits the declawing and descenting of ferrets except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose and performed by a licensed veterinarian. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00891 | Pertains to confinement of certain animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy or calf raised for veal for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00897 | Criminalizes knowingly causing a minor to attend a place where exhibition of animal fighting is being conducted, establishes such offense is considered a misdemeanor. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00993 | Creates the concentrated animal feeding operation environmental compliance revolving loan program. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01116 | Relates to sentencing for the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals; removes the two year imprisonment cap. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A01121 | Allows livestock owners to purchase and possess rabies vaccine and to vaccinate their livestock against rabies during emergency rabies outbreak situations as determined by the commissioner of health; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions after two years; defines livestock for the purpose of this section. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A01150 | Establishes the small farm disaster recovery grant program; provides grants for the purchase and replanting of crops destroyed by natural disaster. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01339 | Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01444 | Provides that the entire parcel of land shall be eligible for an agricultural assessment when at least 85% of a single parcel of land is used for agricultural production. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01525 | Directs the department of agriculture and markets to establish a grading system for retail food stores, food service establishments and food warehouses. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01556 | Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01557 | Prohibits certain acts in rodeos; imposes penalties for the violation of such acts. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01630 | Establishes the crimes of sexual conduct with an animal resulting in injury or death and sexual conduct with an animal; makes such crimes a class E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01639 | Requires the establishment of a plant-based agriculture grant program to assist small and medium-sized farms transition to plant-based agriculture. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01648 | Relates to the care and collection of abandoned animals on vacant property; requires notification to the appropriate authorities by anyone authorized to be on vacant land where such person finds an animal which based on its physical appearance or lack of available food or water appears abandoned, within six hours of an encounter. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01672 | Prohibits contracts for the purchase or financing of a dog or cat from online websites from including provisions allowing repossession of the animal. | Crossed Over | 01/10/2025 |
| A01698 | Requires municipal officials to attempt to identify and notify the owners of a deceased dog or cat recovered on public roads by such municipal employees. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01835 | Prohibits the use of primates in entertainment acts; prohibits the department of environmental conservation for issuing any license or permit that would authorize the use of a primate in an entertainment act. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01859 | Imposes restrictions on non-therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animals in the absence of any clinical sign of disease in the animals. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01885 | Promotes understanding, awareness and enforcement of animal crimes laws. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01939 | Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01966 | Includes wildlife animals as those subject to the animal cruelty provisions of the agriculture and markets law. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01987 | Provides for the humane treatment and removal of downed animals. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02019 | Eliminates the requirement that injury be serious with respect to aggravated cruelty to animals. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02026 | Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals; removes requirement that an animal be killed with aggravated cruelty in order to be guilty of such crime. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02092 | Relates to requiring licensed slaughterhouses to have a closed circuit camera and television system in all areas with live animals; establishes a reporting requirement pursuant to inspections where a violation is found. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02122 | Establishes the "garden protection act", protecting the rights of individuals to cultivate home vegetable gardens, native plant gardens, and/or pollinator gardens. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A02143 | Requires duly incorporated humane societies, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, pet dealers, or any pound microchip stray animals before making them available for adoption. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| A02185 | Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens as the use of agricultural activities as a means of promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being, rehabilitation and therapy for certain individuals. | Crossed Over | 01/15/2025 |
| A02194 | Establishes an animal abuser statewide registry with community notification requirements. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02421 | Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02555 | Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02584 | Relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| A03050 | Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03080 | Relates to the disposition of abused farm animals; provides that convicted individuals and those in their households or those who aided or abetted in the unlawful acts or should have known or knew of such acts may not be entitled to any monies generated from the sale of the farm animals which were the basis of such conviction. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03150 | Prohibits the importing, possession, or sale of any part or product of the skin or body of a kangaroo for commercial purposes. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03158 | Requires the court to require a mental health evaluation when a person is convicted of certain crimes pertaining to animal fighting and aggravated cruelty to animals; requires the convicted person to assume the costs of any evaluation and continued therapy; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03166 | Restricts individuals from owning a companion animal after being convicted of certain crimes involving animals. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03297 | Includes use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03476 | Relates to the exemption from inspection for certain meat products. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03498 | Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include purpose-bred animals raised for research, service animals, working dogs or any working animals in service on a farm. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03599 | Exempts processors of syrup made from tree sap or honey who do not purchase syrup made from tree sap or honey from others for repackaging, and who do not combine syrup made from tree sap or honey with any other ingredients capable of supporting the growth of infectious or toxigenic organisms from certain licensing requirements for food processing establishments. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03623 | Establishes the NY food insecurity, farm resiliency and rural poverty initiative to provide financial assistance in the form of matching grants, hiring assistance, purchasing assistance, tax credits, tax exemptions, and reimbursements. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03633 | Establishes a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program to help integrate veterans into the field of agriculture, and support veterans currently working in agriculture; designs an associated logotype for the promotion of products produced by a veteran or qualified veteran business entity. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03823 | Includes land used for processing or retail merchandising of agricultural products within the real property tax exemption for land used in agricultural production. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03880 | Enhances penalties for committing multiple animal cruelty offenses. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A04164 | Requires perishable and packaged food to be clearly marked with safety and quality dates. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04250 | Increases the penalties for theft of a companion animal. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04264 | Requires the department of agriculture and markets to develop and maintain a database on the impact of climate change on agriculture; requires farmers to report to the department on the impact of climate change on agriculture, including but not limited to crops grown, outcomes and yield. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04283 | Relates to the confinement of companion animals in vehicles in extreme temperatures; provides such animals may be rescued if certain conditions are met. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04293 | Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on climate resilient crops and climate smart farming practices; requires the commissioner to report to the governor and legislature within one year with recommendations for legislation and administrative programs. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04376 | Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04458 | Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04515 | Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04726 | Prohibits the retail sale of spices that exceed lead level limits; defines spices and types of spices; establishes acceptable lead limits for various types of spices. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| A04894 | Enhances and enacts provisions relating to criminalizing the promotion of animal fighting and appropriately punishing individuals associated with such activities. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04910 | Relates to voluntary contributions in support of municipal animal pounds or shelters. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04952 | Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance, to establish a grant program to provide funding to emergency food providers to purchase prepared meals from New York restaurants and deliver them to families in need. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A05139 | Requires residential property owners to register backyard chicken coops for the purposes of containing disease outbreaks affecting such chicken coops. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05181 | Relates to the management, development, and funding of the commercial shellfish aquaculture industry; establishes a director of aquacultural and maricultural resources position in the department of agriculture and markets. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05495 | Prohibits the sale of foods and beverages containing chlormequat, also known as 2-chloro-N,N,N-trimethylethan-1-aminium. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05505 | Relates to the inspection of property that has been vacated for abandoned animals; requires property owners and lessors to inspect such property within three days and to immediately notify the appropriate authorities when such person finds an animal which appears to be abandoned. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05558 | Prohibits the use of red dye 3 as a food additive or food color additive and the sale of food products containing red dye 3 beginning January 1, 2027; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05639 | Enacts the New York state excess food act which provides for mandatory donation of consumable food products; provides mandatory composting of appropriate materials; establishes the New York state excess food fund which will be funded by fines collected from violations of the New York state excess food act. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05660 | Establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy; directs DEC to develop regulations related to certifying the amount of carbon sequestered or emissions reduced. | In Committee | 02/19/2025 |
| A05721 | Requires a disclosure form for the surrender of a dog to a shelter, pound or dog protective association detailing the reasons for surrender and any aggressive tendencies of such dog. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| A05836 | Enacts the homegrown foods act to exempt the production and sale of certain homegrown food products grown and processed at or in a private residence from certain food processing licensure requirements where the food is sold directly to consumers and total sales do not exceed $12,500. | In Committee | 02/24/2025 |
| A06011 | Establishes a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements involving filing a document with the commissioner of agriculture and markets. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06130 | Establishes a farmers' bill of rights; specifies prohibited unfair trade practices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a producer's freedom to bargain collectively with other producers in the marketing of the producer's product; provides that the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets shall take action to restrain such violations upon the application of an association of producers; increases the limit on damages for encouraging or permitting delivery of products | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06145 | Relates to dog tethering and restraint restrictions and outdoor shelter requirements for dogs that are left outdoors. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06185 | Exempts livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs from license fees relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06373 | Expands aggravated cruelty to animals to include all animals. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06395 | Enacts stricter requirements for sheltering of dogs outside including protection from wind and loss of body heat. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06397 | Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include serious physical injuries or the use of a weapon. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06459 | Relates to penalties for intent to cause injury to an animal. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06514 | Requires duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter to make reasonable efforts to locate the owner of certain animals or provide for the fostering or adoption of such animals; provides that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, checking such animals for identification, social media, placing a photograph and general description, and other identifying information on the internet. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06520 | Requires harmful ingredient labels on certain foods and beverages containing harmful ingredients; requires the creation of rules and regulations regarding the content and placement of harmful ingredient labels. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06535 | Provides for the humane destruction or other disposition of certain animals by shelters; requires animals to be made available for adoption for 90 days unless a veterinarian certifies that such animal should be humanely destroyed for health reasons. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06589 | Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06602 | Establishes the crime of endangering the welfare of a companion animal or farm animal in the first and second degree. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06687 | Provides for penalties for causing the death of an animal; makes it a class D felony. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06694 | Requires food products using ingredients classified as major food allergens to be labelled or branded as such; requires food sellers to provide written notice to stores for food labels containing new ingredients classified as major food allergens; requires such foods are labeled or branded as such by a food seller until such food has appropriately labeled packaging. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06825 | Prohibits the misrepresentation or collection of certain fees related to the delivery, usage, and storage of liquified petroleum. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06985 | Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs; requires such standards to utilize non-aversive, evidence-based, and positive reinforcement techniques. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A07132 | Includes urban farming within farm operations for purposes of agricultural districts. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07291 | Requires certain labelling to be used to indicate the safety dates and quality dates of food items; requires the department of agriculture and markets to educate consumers about such provisions. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07342 | Establishes the New York state equine industry board, to advise and make recommendations to the state agencies on state government plans, policies and programs affecting all aspects of equine industry, and in such areas as its experience and studies may indicate to be appropriate. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07607 | Relates to the establishment of the "Farmland for a New Generation" program. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07742 | Expands eligibility for designation as land used in agricultural production by lowering the average gross sale value of the land to $20,000 or more in certain cases. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07950 | Provides that the penalty for the abandonment of animals is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both. | In Committee | 04/16/2025 |
| A07964 | Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets, acting by and through the department of economic development, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish a New York native plants designation, and offer seals or logos identifying native plants as grown in New York state and certified for their quality, for product labeling, advertising, and displays. | In Committee | 04/16/2025 |
| A08130 | Authorizes the issuance of delivery tickets electronically. | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| A08215 | Requires certain information to be included on labeling of native plant seeds for sale or distribution in New York state; requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to promulgate certain requirements for labeling of native plant seeds; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 05/05/2025 |
| A08265 | Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience. | In Committee | 05/06/2025 |
| A08327 | Prohibits the sale of birds at retail pet shops; provides exceptions for certain domesticated game birds and other birds including chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, peafowl and pigeons. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08341 | Requires the establishment of health and safety guidelines for cats living in retail food stores to ensure the humane treatment of such cats while adhering to relevant health code provisions. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08419 | Relates to retail food store, food service establishment and food warehouse licensing; defines terms; provides for licensure; authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to grant, suspend or revoke licenses; authorizes civil practice law and rules article 78 proceedings to challenge the actions of such commissioner; authorizes such commissioner or such commissioner's duly authorized representatives to investigate and inspect such retail food stores or warehouses; requires the departme | Crossed Over | 05/15/2025 |
| A08420 | Provides that any time the produce security fund exceeds six million dollars on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the commencement of the next licensing year, the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall suspend the collection of the security fund fee; makes related provisions. | Crossed Over | 05/15/2025 |
| A08462 | Enacts "Penny's law" to create the offenses of negligent handling of a dog and reckless handling of a dog; codifies the requirement that dogs be restrained in New York city; requires signage in parks that all dogs must be restrained. | In Committee | 05/16/2025 |
| A08503 | Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08551 | Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats; prohibited for reasons of convenience in keeping or handling a dog or cat. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08555 | Clarifies the standard of care for animals held in or being transported by animal shelters including the length of time and conditions such animal may be exposed to. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08653 | Amends the definitions of pet dealers, brokers and retail pet shops. | In Committee | 05/22/2025 |
| A08901 | Requires the community gardens task force to conduct an assessment of all community gardens located on publicly owned land in the state to facilitate each garden's designation as a critical environmental area. | In Committee | 06/16/2025 |
| A09042 | Requires veterinary clinics to file notice and documentation to the attorney general to determine if certain transactions would be against the public interest for veterinary care access prior to completing such transactions. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09105 | Includes certain land that is owned or rented as a farm operation for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products as land used in agricultural production. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| A09108 | Includes a town, acting through its dog control officers acting at the behest of a police officer to seize an animal, as an impounding organization for the purpose of authorizing such town to file a petition requesting that the person from whom an animal is seized or the owner of the animal to post a security. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| A09123 | Provides for the licensing, inspection and regulation of animal boarding kennels; authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to license, inspect and regulate animal boarding kennels. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| S00197 | Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S00592 | Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience. | Crossed Over | 05/06/2025 |
| S00593 | Includes certain land that is owned or rented as a farm operation for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products as land used in agricultural production. | Crossed Over | 03/03/2025 |
| S00794 | Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program; requires the commissioners of the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation and economic development to develop a list of plants and seeds eligible for consideration in such program; makes related provisions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| S00879 | Establishes the "garden protection act", protecting the rights of individuals to cultivate home vegetable gardens, native plant gardens, and/or pollinator gardens. | Crossed Over | 05/13/2025 |
| S01373 | Relates to voluntary contributions in support of municipal animal pounds or shelters. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/27/2025 |
| S01529 | Establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy; directs DEC to develop regulations related to certifying the amount of carbon sequestered or emissions reduced. | Crossed Over | 05/06/2025 |
| S01741 | Provides that the penalty for the abandonment of animals is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| S01783 | Prohibits the misrepresentation or collection of certain fees related to the delivery, usage, and storage of liquified petroleum. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S01784 | Relates to the inspection of property that has been vacated for abandoned animals; requires property owners and lessors to inspect such property within three days and to immediately notify the appropriate authorities when such person finds an animal which appears to be abandoned. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S03026 | Restricts the performance of surgical devocalization procedures on dogs and cats; prohibited for reasons of convenience in keeping or handling a dog or cat. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S03073 | Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S03277 | Establishes a process for designating transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements involving filing a document with the commissioner of agriculture and markets. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S03585 | Prohibits the retail sale of spices that exceed lead level limits; defines spices and types of spices; establishes acceptable lead limits for various types of spices. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2025 |
| S04162 | Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2025 |
| S04754 | Establishes the office of urban agriculture. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2025 |
| S04755 | Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm. | Crossed Over | 05/06/2025 |
| S05159 | Requires the community gardens task force to conduct an assessment of all community gardens located on publicly owned land in the state to facilitate each garden's designation as a critical environmental area. | Crossed Over | 05/29/2025 |
| S05488 | Permits microchipping of certain animals possessed by animal protective associations and rescue organizations. | Crossed Over | 06/06/2025 |
| S05513 | Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items. | Crossed Over | 06/06/2025 |
| S06848 | Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state. | Crossed Over | 05/06/2025 |