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Senate Bill S10335

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to responsibilities of the commissioner of agriculture and markets in relation to agricultural weather emergencies

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2025-S10335 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 26-B Art Head, add §412, Ag & Mkts L

2025-S10335 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall have the responsibility to monitor potential weather threats to agricultural production; authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to declare an agricultural weather emergency; directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to maintain a webpage on agricultural weather emergencies; directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in collaboration with the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish an emergency weather alert system to support New York farmers in protecting their crops, livestock and the safety of their workers.

2025-S10335 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10335
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to agricul-
   tural weather emergencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The article heading of article 26-B of the agriculture and
 markets law, as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 2021,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
                  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES [FOR ANIMALS]
   §  2.  The  agriculture  and  markets  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 412 to read as follows:
   § 412. AGRICULTURAL WEATHER EMERGENCY.  1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE
 THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR POTENTIAL WEATHER THREATS TO  AGRICULTURAL
 PRODUCTION,  PARTICULARLY  ELEMENTS  OF WEATHER EVENTS THAT COULD HAVE A
 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IN NEW YORK  STATE  BUT  ARE  NOT
 CLOSELY REPORTED ON BY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEATHER SERVICES.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE AN AGRICUL-
 TURAL WEATHER EMERGENCY AHEAD OF SIGNIFICANT  WEATHER  EVENTS.    DURING
 SUCH EMERGENCIES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE STEPS TO PROACTIVELY ALERT
 FARMERS  OF  INCOMING  WEATHER  CONDITIONS  AND  PROVIDE  ASSISTANCE  IN
 RESPONSE TO WEATHER-INDUCED DAMAGE TO CROPS AND LIVESTOCK.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A PUBLIC  WEBPAGE  ON  AGRICULTURAL
 WEATHER  EMERGENCIES,  WHICH SHALL INCLUDE NOTICE OF ACTIVE AND INCOMING
 AGRICULTURAL WEATHER EMERGENCIES, IN ADDITION  TO  ONLINE  RESOURCES  TO
 PREPARE FOR AND RECOVER FROM SUCH EMERGENCIES.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND
 SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHALL ESTABLISH AN  AGRICULTURAL  EMER-
 GENCY  WEATHER  ALERT  SYSTEM  TO SUPPORT NEW YORK FARMERS IN PROTECTING
 THEIR CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR WORKERS.
   A. SUCH ALERT SYSTEM SHALL ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO  OPT  IN  TO  TEXT  OR
 EMAIL  ALERTS  TAILORED  TO  THEIR  SELECTED  REGION OF THE STATE AND TO
 SPECIFIC CROPS OR LIVESTOCK OR GROUPS OF CROPS OR LIVESTOCK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15593-02-6

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