NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7843

Senate Bill S7843

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to conduct a "women in farming" study

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 01, 2018	reported and committed to finance
Mar 01, 2018	referred to agriculture

Votes

- May 1, 2018 - Agriculture Committee Vote
  S7843
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Agriculture Committee Vote: May 1, 2018
      
      aye (11)
      
      Brooks
      
      Comrie
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Montgomery
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Valesky

2017-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10544
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Commissioner

2017-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to conduct a "women in farming" study.

2017-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7843

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to authorize and direct the commissioner of
agriculture and markets to conduct a "women in farming" study

 
PURPOSE:

To authorize a study by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets on
women who are farm operators and the programs available to support and
encourage women farmers

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to
conduct a "women in farming" study.

Section two states that the commissioner shall report the study findings
to the Senate, Assembly and Governor within one year of the effective
date.

Section three provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Women account for approximately 30 percent of the farm operators in the
United States, a number which has almost tripled in the last three
decades, creating the fastest growing segment in agriculture.  In New
York State, the number of farm businesses owned by women grew 14% from
2002 to 2017, while at the same time, male owned farms decreased by 8%.
Women are also part of the reason for an important shift in today's farm
landscape as women tend to farm on smaller pieces of land, grow diverse
crops, favor sustainable practices, and prioritize food over commodity
crops.

In an effort to encourage new farmers and new farm operations in New
York, an effort is needed to encourage more women to pursue careers in
farming. To that end, a study of the potential impediments and barriers
to women-operated farm businesses would be helpful. Such a study should
also include any factors which contribute to women choosing to become
farm operators and recommendations for legislation or administrative
programs to support and encourage more women to pursue farming as a
career.

Attracting new farmers to pursue farming careers in New York is crit-
ical, and focusing our efforts on encouraging growing sectors of the
agricultural economy, like women-owned farm businesses, is a very impor-
tant step in that direction.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S7843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7843
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to authorize and  direct  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  and
   markets to conduct a "women in farming" study
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets  is  hereby
 authorized  and  directed to conduct a "women in farming" study on women
 who are farm operators in New York  state.  Special  attention  in  such
 study  shall be given to: the impediments and barriers to growing exist-
 ing women-operated farm businesses, the impediments for women seeking to
 pursue farming careers, the factors contributing to a growing number  of
 women  choosing  to  become  farm  operators and any recommendations for
 legislation and administrative programs to support and  encourage  women
 farmers.
   § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act the commission-
 er of agriculture and markets shall deliver a report of his or her find-
 ings  and  recommendations, including proposed legislation to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of  the  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly. The report shall describe with particularity how any recommen-
 dations  for  legislation  and  administrative  programs  to support and
 encourage women farmers made by the study can be implemented in New York
 state.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14847-01-8

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