Bill Commons

NY S 2162

in committee

Enacts the "pollinator promotion act" to promote the health and viability of pollinators in the state

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2162 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2162 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 2162 about?

Enacts the "pollinator promotion act" to authorize the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote the health and viability of pollinators in the state and to make municipal adoption and implementation of pollinator promotion plans eligible for climate adaptation and mitigation projects under the climate smart communities program; requires consideration of certain pollinator health initiatives on SUNY campuses; directs the departments of education and environmental conservation to develop guidelines for school districts to implement certain pollinator friendly practices; directs the implementation of certain pollinator friendly practices on highway verges.

Who sponsors NY S 2162?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 2162.

Description

Enacts the "pollinator promotion act" to authorize the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote the health and viability of pollinators in the state and to make municipal adoption and implementation of pollinator promotion plans eligible for climate adaptation and mitigation projects under the climate smart communities program; requires consideration of certain pollinator health initiatives on SUNY campuses; directs the departments of education and environmental conservation to develop guidelines for school districts to implement certain pollinator friendly practices; directs the implementation of certain pollinator friendly practices on highway verges.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7582not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6618

Official source

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 2162. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.