New York S 8773: Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan

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S08773 Summary:

BILL NOS08773 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09436

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-0541, En Con L (as proposed in S.3163 & A.1819)

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Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan and allowing agricultural lands that are not in active production be used to enhance the monarch butterfly habitat.

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BILL NOS08773 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.68

01/21/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9436

&nbspA09436 AMEND= Simon

&nbsp01/06/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp01/12/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/12/2026reported 

&nbsp01/12/2026rules report cal.3

&nbsp01/12/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.3

&nbsp01/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/13/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/21/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8773

&nbsp01/21/20263RD READING CAL.68

&nbsp01/21/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/21/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.7

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8773

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 alternatives for the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation
 plan

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 11-0541 of the environ-
 2 mental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025
 3 amending the environmental conservation law relating to enacting the
 4 monarch preservation plan, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 5 3163 and A. 1819, are amended to read as follows:
 6 3. [controlling] identifying alternatives to pest management practices
 7 that may be harmful to monarch butterflies, their food or their habitat,
 8 including but not limited to alternatives to the use of pesticides that
 9 may cause such harm;
 10 5. increasing the number of partnerships and making the most of part-
 11 nerships to use residential and institutional landscaped areas, agricul-
 12 tural [non-cropped] lands that are not in active production, transporta-
 13 tion corridors, and conservation easements to create, restore, or
 14 enhance monarch butterfly habitat.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 16 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the environmental
 17 conservation law relating to enacting the monarch preservation plan, as
 18 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3163 and A. 1819, takes effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04729-02-6

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