senate Bill S4859

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York tropical deforestation-free procurement act and establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 22, 2023 reported and committed to finance
reported and committed to finance
Feb 16, 2023 referred to procurement and contracts

Votes

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Mar 22, 2023 - Procurement and Contracts committee Vote

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Procurement and Contracts Committee Vote: Mar 22, 2023

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S4859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5682
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L; add Art 27 §§490 & 491, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5921, A6872

S4859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York tropical deforestation-free procurement act requiring that companies contracting with the state do not contribute to tropical primary forest degradation or deforestation directly or through their supply chains; establishes the supply chain transparency assistance program to assist small and medium-sized businesses and minority- and women-owned businesses in achieving compliant supply chains.

S4859 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4859
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  COONEY, MAY, BRESLIN, BRISPORT, CLEARE,
   COMRIE, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA,
   SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to enacting the New
   York tropical deforestation-free procurement act;  and  to  amend  the
   economic development law, in relation to establishing the supply chain
   transparency assistance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 tropical deforestation-free procurement act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature finds and declares the
 following:
   1. Tropical forests cover roughly 7 percent of  Earth's  surface,  but
 harbor close to 50 percent of all species on Earth.
   2.  Human  activity  is  the  driving force behind the current rate of
 species extinction, which is at least 100 to  1,000  times  higher  than
 historical  levels.    The  Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  reported  in  2019  that  around  1
 million  animal  and  plant  species are now threatened with extinction,
 many within decades, more than ever before in  human  history.  This  is
 directly  linked  to habitat loss, with more than a third of the world's
 land surface and nearly 75 percent of freshwater resources  now  devoted
 to crop or livestock production.
   3.  Globally,  an  estimated  18,000,000 acres of forest, an area more
 than half the size of New York state, are lost every year to  deforesta-
 tion  according  to  the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
 Nations, with over one-half of Earth's tropical forests already gone. At
 the current pace, the entirety of Earth's tropical rainforests  will  be
 degraded or destroyed within the next 100 years.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07504-03-3

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