NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1780A

Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2023	vetoed memo.130
Dec 12, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 10, 2023	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.813 substituted for a5020a
Jun 08, 2023	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1735 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 24, 2023	print number 1780a
May 24, 2023	amend and recommit to agriculture
Jan 13, 2023	referred to agriculture

Votes

- Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote
  S1780A
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Cooney
  Jun 8, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S1780A
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Helming
      
      excused (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S1780 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5020
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8695
2019-2020: S2577
2021-2022: S3400

2023-S1780 - Summary

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.

2023-S1780 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1780

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets and
grocery stores through the FreshConnect program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To expand the reach of the FreshConnect program across the state and
increase access to affordable fruits and vegetables to New Yorkers in
need.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes definitions for local produce and producer. As
well as requiring that the commissioner of agriculture and markets
expand the FreshConnect program to include local produce sold in super-
markets.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the USDA's Choose My Plate recommendations, eating fruits
and vegetables provides health benefits - people who eat more vegetables
and fruits as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a
reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Fruits and vegetables provide
nutrients vital for health and maintenance of the body. In 2011, Gover-
nor Cuomo introduced the FreshConnect program to create new farmers'
markets and support existing markets that provide outlets for fresh food
in high need neighborhoods, as well as providing a $2 incentive for
every $5 of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit
used at participating markets thereby increasing the purchasing power of
SNAP consumers by 40 percent while supporting local farmers. The program
expanded to include Veterans', Servicemembers and their immediate family
members in 2014.

This program has been incredibly successful at increasing access to
fresh fruits and vegetables to the almost 1.5 million New Yorkers that
live in areas with limited supermarket access. This bill seeks to expand
the program to include supermarkets and grocery stores as well, this way
helping people bring home more healthy fruits and vegetables while still
supporting local farmers. The wins are three-fold: low-income consumers
eat more healthy food, local farmers gain new customers and make more
money, and more food dollars stay in the local economy. Similar programs
have been implemented in other states like the Double Up Food Bucks
program in Michigan, where farmers markets, supermarkets, and grocery
stores participate.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.2577 - Referred to Agriculture

2021-22: S.3400 - Referred to Agriculture

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2023-S1780 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1780
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets  and
   grocery stores through the FreshConnect program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this act the following terms  shall
 have the following meanings:
   (i)  "local  produce" means produce grown by a producer with the pride
 of New York symbol of the business claiming the local produce tax credit
 within the state of New York, from  seed  or  conception  through  final
 product.
   (ii)  "producer"  means  an individual, whether acting individually or
 through a cooperative, corporation, partnership,  business  association,
 or  educational institution, who is a farmer, student farmer or manufac-
 turer of foods or goods in  New  York  state.  It  shall  not,  however,
 include a wholesaler or distributor.
   (iii) "supermarket" or "grocery store" means a retail store at a given
 location  devoted  to  the  sale of foods, food stuffs and groceries for
 human consumption regularly and customarily sold in a bona  fide  manner
 for  consumption off of the premises. The following shall not be consid-
 ered supermarkets or grocery  stores  for  the  purposes  of  this  act:
 hotels,  motels, restaurants, cafeterias, bakeries, caterers, hospitals,
 assisted  living  facilities,  independent  living  facilities,  nursing
 homes,  hospices,  group  homes,  drug stores, educational institutions,
 food courts in shopping malls,  food  retailers  at  airports  or  other
 transportation  facilities,  gas stations, sports arenas, movie theaters
 or any other similar establishments.
   (b) The commissioner of  agriculture  and  markets  shall  expand  the
 FreshConnect  program, which improves access to local produce by provid-
 ing certain people with two dollar rebates to be used for  the  purchase

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04967-01-3

 S. 1780                             2
 
 of  further  local  produce  for  every  five  dollars  of local produce
 purchased, to include local produce sold  in  supermarkets  and  grocery
 stores.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.

co-Sponsors

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5020
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8695
2019-2020: S2577
2021-2022: S3400

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1780A

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets and
grocery stores through the FreshConnect program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To expand the reach of the FreshConnect program across the state and
increase access to affordable fruits and vegetables to. New Yorkers in
need.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes definitions for local produce and producer, as
well as requiring that the commissioner of agriculture and markets
expand the FreshConnect program to include local produce sold in super-
markets.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the USDA's Choose My Plate recommendations, eating fruits
and vegetables provides health benefits - people who eat more vegetables
and fruits as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a
reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Fruits and vegetables provide
nutrients vital for health and maintenance of the body. In 2011, Gover-
nor Cuomo introduced the FreshConnect program to create new farmers'
markets and support existing markets that provide outlets for fresh food
in high need neighborhoods, as well as providing a $2 incentive for
every $2 of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit
used at participating markets thereby increasing the purchasing power of
SNAP consumers by 40 percent while supporting local farmers. The program
expanded to include Veterans', Service members and their immediate fami-
ly members in 2014.

This program has been incredibly successful at increasing access to
fresh fruits and vegetables to the almost 1.5 million New Yorkers that
live in areas with limited supermarket access. This bill seeks to expand
the program to include supermarkets and grocery stores as well, this way
helping people bring home more healthy fruits and vegetables while still
supporting local farmers. The wins are three-fold: low-income consumers
eat more healthy food, local farmers gain new customers and make more
money, and more food dollars stay in the local economy. Similar programs
have been implemented in other states like the Double Up Food Bucks
program in Michigan, where farmers markets, supermarkets, and grocery
stores participate.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.2577 - Referred to Agriculture

2021-22: S.3400 - Referred to Agriculture

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1780--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets and
   grocery stores through the FreshConnect program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. (a) For the purposes of this act the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (i) "local produce" means produce grown by a producer with  the  pride
 of New York symbol of the business claiming the local produce tax credit
 within  the  state  of  New  York, from seed or conception through final
 product.
   (ii) "producer" means an individual, whether  acting  individually  or
 through  a  cooperative, corporation, partnership, business association,
 or educational institution, who is a farmer, student farmer or  manufac-
 turer  of  foods  or  goods  in  New  York state. It shall not, however,
 include a wholesaler or distributor.
   (iii) "supermarket" or "grocery store" means a retail store at a given
 location devoted to the sale of foods, food  stuffs  and  groceries  for
 human  consumption  regularly and customarily sold in a bona fide manner
 for consumption off of the premises. The following shall not be  consid-
 ered  supermarkets  or  grocery  stores  for  the  purposes of this act:
 hotels, motels, restaurants, cafeterias, bakeries, caterers,  hospitals,
 assisted  living  facilities,  independent  living  facilities,  nursing
 homes, hospices, group homes,  drug  stores,  educational  institutions,
 food  courts  in  shopping  malls,  food  retailers at airports or other
 transportation facilities, gas stations, sports arenas,  movie  theaters
 or any other similar establishments.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04967-03-3
 S. 1780--A                          2

 
   (b)  The  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets shall expand the
 FreshConnect program, which improves access to local produce by  provid-
 ing  certain  people with two dollar rebates to be used for the purchase
 of further  local  produce  for  every  two  dollars  of  local  produce
 purchased,  to  include  local  produce sold in supermarkets and grocery
 stores.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.

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Senate Bill S1780A

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023

Jun 8, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2023

Bill Amendments

2023-S1780 - Details

2023-S1780 - Summary

2023-S1780 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1780 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Senate Bill S1780A

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Sponsored By

Jamaal T. Bailey

Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Bill Amendments

2023-S1780 - Details

2023-S1780 - Summary

2023-S1780 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1780 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Lea Webb

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1780A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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