New York S 592: Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program

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S00592 Summary:

BILL NOS00592A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, CLEARE, FAHY, HELMING, MAY, OBERACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 29-A §§525 - 528, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.

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BILL NOS00592A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.747

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/06/2025PASSED SENATE

05/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/06/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/29/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/20/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

04/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 592A

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1191

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 592--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CLEARE, FAHY, HELMING,
 MAY, OBERACKER, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule
 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to
 the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 summer employment program

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 29-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 29-A
 4 NEW YORK STATE YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMER
 5 EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
 6 Section 525. Legislative intent and findings.
 7 526. Definitions.
 8 527. New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 9 summer employment program.
 10 528. Commissioner's power and duties.
 11 § 525. Legislative intent and findings. The legislature hereby finds
 12 that diversifying the agricultural industry addresses issues of food
 13 insecurity and food access in the state. The legislature further finds
 14 that there are certain culturally significant foods in the state and
 15 seeks to encourage the continuance of production of such foods and to
 16 generate an interest in the production of such foods by future gener-
 17 ations of persons working in agriculture. The legislature hereby estab-
 18 lishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01740-02-6

 S. 592--A 2

 1 summer employment program to allow students the opportunity to be
 2 educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and
 3 to attain entrepreneurial experience. It is the intention of the legis-
 4 lation that the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 5 summer employment program serves as a stepping stone for such youth in
 6 careers in agriculture and entrepreneurship, as well as to provide farm-
 7 ers means to participate in the program.
 8 § 526. Definitions. As used in this section:
 9 1. "Minority or socially disadvantaged" means a group whose members
 10 have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of
 11 their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual
 12 qualities or citizenship status. These groups include, but are not
 13