New York A 5426: Provides that all persons have the right to food and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A05426 Summary:

BILL NOA05426 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORRaga

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add Art 1 §20, Constn

&nbsp

Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.

Go to top A05426 Actions:

BILL NOA05426 

&nbsp

02/14/2025referred to governmental operations

02/21/2025to attorney-general for opinion

03/06/2025opinion referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

01/08/2026to attorney-general for opinion

01/30/2026opinion referred to judiciary

Go to topA05426 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA05426 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05426 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5426

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to article 1 of the constitution, in relation to
 the right to food and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition,
 starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack
 of access to food

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 1 of the
 2 constitution be amended by adding a new section 20 to read as follows:
 3 § 20. All individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right
 4 to nutritious, sufficient, and quality food, including the right to save
 5 and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and
 6 consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, suste-
 7 nance, bodily health and well-being, as long as an individual does not
 8 commit trespassing, theft, poaching or other abuses of private property
 9 rights, public lands or natural resources in the harvesting, production
 10 or acquisition of food; furthermore, all individuals have a fundamental
 11 right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endanger-
 12 ment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.
 13 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendments
 14 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 15 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
 16 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
 17 published 3 months previous to the time of such election.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89063-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps