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NY S 6908

in committee

Enacts the beekeeping rights act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 6908 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6908 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 6908 about?

Enacts the beekeeping rights act to prohibit homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an apiary.

Who sponsors NY S 6908?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 6908.

Description

Enacts the beekeeping rights act to prohibit homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an apiary.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-26

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8972not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6908?summary=&detail=

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