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Assembly Bill A9227

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Defines therapeutic agriculture for the purposes of community gardens

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2023-A9227 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9002
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §31-g, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2185, S6330

2023-A9227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A9227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9227
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to defining
   therapeutic agriculture for purposes of community gardens
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 31-g of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. "THERAPEUTIC AGRICULTURE" SHALL MEAN THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIV-
 ITIES, INCLUDING FARMING, GARDENING, AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, AS A MEANS OF
 PROMOTING PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, REHABILITATION, AND
 THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, DISA-
 BILITIES OR OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14248-01-4

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