New York A 7584: Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viability program

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A07584 Summary:

BILL NOA07584A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06286-A

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SPONSORLupardo

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COSPNSRShrestha, Solages, Kelles, Cruz

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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 A07584 Actions:

BILL NOA07584A

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04/01/2025referred to energy

04/02/2025amend and recommit to energy

04/02/2025print number 7584a

05/06/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA07584 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett 
DATE:05/06/2025AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means BarrettAyePalmesanoExcused

SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushAye

DilanAyeManktelowAye

SternAyeGrayAye

AndersonAyePirozzoloAye

RiveraAye

MamdaniAye

ConradAye

LucasAye

ShresthaAye

ClarkAye

DaisAye

Go to topA07584 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07584 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7584--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Energy -- 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.
 23 (b) "Agricultural products and activities" shall not include pollina-
 24 tor habitats, apiaries, or both as the sole farming activities.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08116-07-5

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 1 (c) "Agrivoltaics" or "dual-use solar energy projects" shall mean the
 2 simultaneous use of areas of land for both solar power generation and
 3 agriculture through a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system
 4 constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and simul-
 5 taneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural
 6 products and activities by an agricultural producer, provided that such
 7 use:
 8 (i) is constructed, installed, and operated to achieve integrated and
 9 simultaneous production of both solar energy and marketable agricultural
 10 products consistent with commercial agricultural production, as soon as
 11 agronomically feasible