S8779 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish standards for designation of native plants, to develop a list of native plants that indicates and differentiates between native plants that are indigenous to New York state and those that are native plants found elsewhere in the United States that are likely to shift or expand their range into NY, to establish a New York native plant designation, and to offer seals or logos identifying native plants as grown in New York state; defines "native plants".

Title
Establishes a New York native plants designation; repealer
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
Senate Floor Calendar
Latest action date
2026-01-20
Introduced
2026-01-08
Same as
A9478
Substituted by
A9478
Law section
Agriculture and Markets Law

Sponsors

Heard in committee

Same as

Substituted by

Committee meetings

Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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