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Senate Bill S6332
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 41st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
2025-S6332 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §128, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S6326
2025-S6332 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6332 SPONSOR: HINCHEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to allowing certain commercial feed to include hemp seed PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to allow for the inclusion of seeds including seed hulls and seed meal from industrial hemp plants in commercial feed solely for pets, specialty pets, horses, and camelids. This legislation would not authorize such inclusion in commercial feed for other livestock. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivision 7 of section 128 of the agriculture and markets law to provide for the inclusion of hemp seed, including seed hulls and seed meal for use in feed for a pet, specialty pet, horse, or camelid.
2025-S6332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6332 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, MAY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to allowing certain commercial feed to include hemp seed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 128 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 816 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows: 7. "Commercial feed" means all materials except unmixed whole seeds or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of subdivision one of section one hundred thirty-two of this article, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed, and includes pet food and specialty pet food. Provided, however, the commissioner by regulation may exempt from this definition, or from specific provisions of this article, commodities such as hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds or substances when such commodities, compounds or substances are not inter-mixed or mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated with- in the meaning of subdivision one of section one hundred thirty-two of this article. PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT COMMERCIAL FEED MAY INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF HEMP SEED OR HEMP SEED PRODUCTS FOR USE AS FEED OR FOR MIXING IN FEED FOR A PET, SPECIALTY PET, HORSE, OR CAMELID. THE TERM "HEMP" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10833-01-5
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