Assembly Bill A8503

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the expansion of regional farmers' markets

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6848
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7674
2019-2020: S251
2021-2022: S2199
2023-2024: S1365

2025-A8503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-A8503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8503
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   expansion of regional farmers' markets
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  DEVELOPMENT  AND  FACILITATION  OF  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL
 FARMERS' MARKETS TO PROMOTE  THE  DIRECT  MARKETING  OF  FARM  AND  FOOD
 PRODUCTS  ON  A WHOLESALE OR BULK SALES BASIS TO LARGE VOLUME PURCHASERS
 OF FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS. SUCH REGIONAL  FARMERS'  MARKETS  SHOULD  BE,
 WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,  LOCATED  IN AREAS THAT HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO
 HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY  PRICED  FOOD  AND  FARM  PRODUCTS  OR  FOOD
 DESERTS;  OR  WHICH  WOULD SELL TO OR CATER TO THE NEEDS OF RETAILERS OR
 BULK PURCHASERS OF FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT
 HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY PRICED FOOD AND
 FARM PRODUCTS OR FOOD DESERTS. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO  WORK  IN
 COOPERATION  WITH  THE  NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND
 THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, SECTION SIXTEEN-M OF THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPO-
 RATION ACT AND ARTICLE FIVE-D OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09405-01-5

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