New York S 7951: Establishes the native/pollinator planting fund, the pollinator highway program and creates a distinctive license plate relating thereto

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S07951 Summary:

BILL NOS07951B

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SAME ASSAME AS A09620

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §99-uu, St Fin L; add §67, Hway L; add §404-ff, V & T L

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Establishes the native/pollinator planting fund and the pollinator highway program; creates a distinctive native plant and pollinator license plate with the goal of promoting the cultivation and maintenance of native flowering plants, grasses and shrubs on land bordering state highways and on other public lands.

Go to top S07951 Actions:

BILL NOS07951B

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

11/07/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

11/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 7951A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

01/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 7951B

05/05/2026REFERENCE CHANGED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1372

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7951--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the highway law and the vehicle
 and traffic law, in relation to establishing the native/pollinator
 planting fund, the pollinator highway program and creating distinctive
 native plant or pollinator license plates

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

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 99-uu to read as follows:
 3 § 99-uu. Native/pollinator planting fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
 4 lished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance
 5 and the state comptroller a special fund to be known as the
 6 native/pollinator planting fund. It shall consist of amounts credited to
 7 the fund in accordance with this section.
 8 2. The fund shall consist of: (a) revenue from appropriations or other
 9 money authorized by the state legislature and specifically designated to
 10 be credited to the fund; (b) interest earned on money in the fund; (c)
 11 state and federal grants for green infrastructure projects; and (d)
 12 revenue generated from the sale of a dedicated distinctive license plate
 13 featuring native plant or pollinator imagery. Amounts credited to the
 14 fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and any money remain-
 15 ing in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
 16 general fund.
 17 3. Money in the fund shall be expended to support the establishment
 18 and implementation of the program established under section sixty-seven

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11939-06-6

 S. 7951--B 2

 1 of the highway law, including grants to municipalities and partnerships
 2 with environmental organizations. Priority funding shall be given to
 3 projects demonstrating significant community and environmental benefits.
 4 4. The department of transportation shall annually, not later than
 5 December thirty-first, report on the activity of the fund to: (a) the
 6 chairs of the senate and the assembly environmental conservation commit-
 7 tees; (b) the chairs of the senate and the assembly transportation
 8 committees; and (c) the chairs of the senate finance and the assembly
 9 ways and means committees.
 10 § 2. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 67 to read as
 11 follows:
 12 § 67. Pollinator highway program. 1. The department shall establish a
 13 program to promote the cultivation and maintenance of native flowering
 14 plants, grasses and shrubs on