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Senate Bill S4769

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming

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2025-S4769 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5134
2023-2024: S2414

2025-S4769 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming.

2025-S4769 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4769 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4769
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to authorize and  direct  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  and
   markets to conduct a study on vertical farming
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The commissioner of agriculture and  markets  is  hereby
 authorized  and  directed  to  conduct  a study on vertical farming. The
 purpose of this study shall include but not be limited to examining  the
 effects  vertical  farms would have on access to locally grown food, job
 creation and educational opportunities, and the impacts on the  environ-
 ment.
   2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner
 of  agriculture  and markets shall deliver a report to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 minority  leader  of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
 The report shall include recommendations for legislation and administra-
 tive programs related to the use of vertical farms.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09048-01-5

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