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NY S 3578

in committee

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 3578 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3578 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

What is NY S 3578 about?

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color; requires the department to submit a triennial report to the governor and the legislature regarding such initiative.

Who sponsors NY S 3578?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 3578.

Description

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color; requires the department to submit a triennial report to the governor and the legislature regarding such initiative.

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

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-14

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-08

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2025-05-08

    PRINT NUMBER 3578A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2025-01-28

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Agriculture Vote - Version: A

    2025-05-14 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Samra Brouk: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8324not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3168not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3578?summary=&detail=

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