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NY A 5639

in committee

Relates to the enactment of the New York State Excess Food Act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5639 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5639 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

What is NY A 5639 about?

Enacts the New York state excess food act which provides for mandatory donation of consumable food products; provides mandatory composting of appropriate materials; establishes the New York state excess food fund which will be funded by fines collected from violations of the New York state excess food act.

Who sponsors NY A 5639?

J. Gary Pretlow is the primary sponsor of NY A 5639.

Description

Enacts the New York state excess food act which provides for mandatory donation of consumable food products; provides mandatory composting of appropriate materials; establishes the New York state excess food fund which will be funded by fines collected from violations of the New York state excess food act.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • J. Gary Pretlowprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6750not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6011not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3418not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3447not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4180

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5639?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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