New York S 5513: Expands agricultural tourism

Status: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5513

Sponsors: Michelle Hinchey, George Borrello, Peter Oberacker, Steve Rhoads

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S05513 Summary:

BILL NOS05513 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06589

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, OBERACKER, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L

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Expands agricultural tourism to include, but not be limited to, the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery, winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked goods and similar items.

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BILL NOS05513 

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.643

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5513

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 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 expand-
 ing agricultural tourism

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 301 of the agriculture and
 2 markets law, as amended by chapter 87 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 15. "Agricultural tourism" means activities, including but not limited
 5 to the production of maple sap and pure maple products made therefrom,
 6 the production and processing of grapes, grains or other crops used to
 7 create alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in an on-farm brewery,
 8 winery, cidery, meadery or distillery, the production and processing of
 9 fiber such as sheep or alpaca wool, and the production of processed
 10 food commodities, including but not limited to ice cream, jams, baked
 11 goods and similar items, conducted by a farmer on-farm for the enjoyment
 12 and/or education of the public, which primarily promote the sale,
 13 marketing, production, harvesting or use of the products of the farm and
 14 enhance the public's understanding and awareness of farming and farm
 15 life.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10004-01-5

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