New York S 6286: Requires small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the premises of the business at all times

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S06286 Summary:

BILL NOS06286A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07584-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRCOONEY, FAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1885, Pub Auth L

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Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program to provide grants to identify the best practices and strategies for agrivoltaics and dual-use solar energy projects that protect soil health during construction and decommissioning of solar arrays, utilize sustainable agricultural production practices, monitor any benefits solar energy may have on farms and to the state, track economic viability, study the commercialization of dual-use solar energy projects, and encourage equitable engagement of stakeholders.

Go to top S06286 Actions:

BILL NOS06286A

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

03/26/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

03/26/2025PRINT NUMBER 6286A

04/08/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1048

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/29/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6286--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the agrivoltaics viability pilot program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1885 to read as follows:
 3 § 1885. Agrivoltaics viability pilot program. 1. Legislative intent.
 4 The legislature finds that as New York progresses to utilizing clean
 5 energy, the agricultural industry has an opportunity to play a substan-
 6 tial role in environmental conservation while also protecting and main-
 7 taining viable farmland through the practice of agrivoltaics. Dual-use
 8 solar energy projects have the potential to keep farmland as working
 9 agricultural landscapes providing economic benefits to farmers and
 10 assisting the state in reaching its climate and environmental impact
 11 goals. The legislature hereby declares that to progress the initiatives
 12 of the farmland viability program, the authority shall create an agri-
 13 voltaics viability pilot program.
 14 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings:
 16 (a) "Agricultural products and activities" shall include:
 17 (i) crop production;
 18 (ii) animal husbandry; and
 19 (iii) livestock grazing or cattle grazing; provided, however, that
 20 agricultural products and activities shall not include sheep grazing as
 21 the sole farming activity except where the land utilized is currently
 22 utilized exclusively for such purpose.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S LBD08116-06-5

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 1 (b) "Agricultural products and activities" shall not include pollina-
 2 tor habitats, apiaries, or both as the sole farming activities.
 3 (c) "Agrivoltaics" or "dual-use solar energy projects" shall mean the
 4 simultaneous use of areas of land for both solar power generation and
 5 agriculture through a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system
 6 constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and simul-
 7 taneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural
 8 products and activities by an agricultural producer, provided that such
 9 use:
 10 (i) is constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and
 11 simultaneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural
 12 products consistent with commercial agricultural production, as soon as
 13 agronomica