S 4769 NY
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming
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Summary
This bill directs the New York Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets to conduct a study on vertical farming and its potential impacts on the state. The study will examine how vertical farms could affect access to locally grown food, job creation, educational opportunities, and environmental impacts. The commissioner must submit a report within one year to the governor and legislative leaders that includes recommendations for legislation and administrative programs related to vertical farms.
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Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming.
Sponsor (1)
- Jamaal Bailey Democratic · primary
Action history (6)
- Feb 12, 2025 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- May 7, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.995 · upper
- May 11, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 12, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 13, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A10703 · upper
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  Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on vertical farming.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
4769
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
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:
1 Section 1. 1. The commissioner of agriculture and markets is hereby 2 authorized and directed to conduct a study on vertical farming. The 3 purpose of this study shall include but not be limited to examining the 4 effects vertical farms would have on access to locally grown food, job 5 creation and educational opportunities, and the impacts on the environ- 6 ment. 7 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner 8 of agriculture and markets shall deliver a report to the governor, the 9 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 10 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly. 11 The report shall include recommendations for legislation and administra- 12 tive programs related to the use of vertical farms. 13 § 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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