Senate Bill S8496

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to industrial hemp development

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9282 - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S8496 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9282
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §519, Ag & Mkts L

2021-S8496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to industrial hemp development by including representatives from the New York state hemp workgroup and representatives from industries that currently use or may use industrial hemp in their products.

2021-S8496 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8496
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  indus-
   trial hemp development
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 519 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
 chapter 1 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 519. Hemp economic development.  [To  the  extent  the  commissioner
 believes  it  to  be  necessary, the] THE commissioner shall consult and
 cooperate with the New York state urban development corporation, THE NEW
 YORK STATE HEMP WORKGROUP CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED  EIGHT
 OF  THE  CANNABIS  LAW, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRIES THAT CURRENTLY
 USE, OR MAY POTENTIALLY USE, INDUSTRIAL HEMP  IN  THEIR  PRODUCTS,  with
 respect to the funding and support of research, AND PRODUCT AND BUSINESS
 DEVELOPMENT  AND  PROMOTION,  concerning hemp and businesses involved in
 growing, cultivating, and processing hemp for USES  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO food, fiber, PACKAGING, cannabinoid content, AND construction
 materials [and other uses].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14600-02-2

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