Assembly Actions -
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S6848
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 52nd 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
2025-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S7674
2019-2020: S251
2021-2022: S2199
2023-2024: S1365
2025-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6848 SPONSOR: WEBB TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the expansion of regional farmers' markets PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To encourage, by statute, the Department of Agriculture and Markets to help facilitate the establishment and expansion of regional farmers' markets, SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Agriculture and Markets Law section 284 to encourage the Department to promote the development and facilitate the establish- ment and expansion of regional farmers' markets to promote the direct marketing of healthy locally produced farm and food products on a whole- sale or bulk sales basis to large volume purchasers of such farm and food products. Such regional farmers' markets should be, whenever possi-
2025-S6848 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6848 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 the expansion of regional farmers' markets THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS TO PROMOTE THE DIRECT MARKETING OF FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS ON A WHOLESALE OR BULK SALES BASIS TO LARGE VOLUME PURCHASERS OF FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS. SUCH REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS SHOULD BE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY PRICED FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS OR FOOD DESERTS; OR WHICH WOULD SELL TO OR CATER TO THE NEEDS OF RETAILERS OR BULK PURCHASERS OF FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY PRICED FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS OR FOOD DESERTS. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI- VISION, SECTION SIXTEEN-M OF THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPO- RATION ACT AND ARTICLE FIVE-D OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09405-01-5
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