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S07358 Summary:

BILL NOS07358 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01890

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRFAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 9-E §§344 & 344-a, RP L

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Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act, preventing homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscaping.

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BILL NOS07358 

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04/10/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.775

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1890

&nbspA01890 AMEND= Glick

&nbsp01/14/2025referred to housing

&nbsp04/02/2025reported 

&nbsp04/03/2025advanced to third reading cal.89

&nbsp05/28/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/28/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/28/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S7358

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.775

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp10/09/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp10/16/2025vetoed memo.37

&nbsp10/17/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7358

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 10, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to enacting the "low
 impact landscaping rights act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "low impact landscaping rights act".
 3 § 2. The real property law is amended by adding a new article 9-e to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 9-E
 6 LOW IMPACT LANDSCAPING RIGHTS ACT
 7 Section 344. Legislative intent.
 8 344-a. Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of home-
 9 owners' associations prohibited.
 10 § 344. Legislative intent. It is in the interest of the state to
 11 encourage biodiversity in the natural landscapes across New York. Resi-
 12 dential lawns compose a significant portion of localities' landscapes,
 13 and the turfgrass monocultures that are typically cultivated on lawns
 14 adversely affect biodiversity of flora and fauna. Turfgrass monocultures
 15 provide little to no benefit for pollinators and other native wildlife,
 16 and require pesticides, herbicides, and large amounts of water to retain
 17 the artificial environment. This legislation will ensure that homeowners
 18 are not prevented by homeowners' associations from installing and main-
 19 taining beneficial low impact landscaping on their property.
 20 § 344-a. Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of homeown-
 21 ers' associations prohibited. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this
 22 section:
 23 (a) "restriction on use" means any covenant, restriction, or condition
 24 contained in:
 25 (i) a deed;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04974-01-5

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 1 (ii) a contract;
 2 (iii) the by-laws of a homeowners' association;
 3 (iv) any rules or regulations adopted by a homeowners' association;
 4 (v) a security agreement; or
 5 (vi) any other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any
 6 interest in, real property.
 7 (b) "low impact landscaping" means:
 8 (i) pollinator gardens designed to attract and promote the health of
 9 pollinator species;
 10 (ii) rain gardens designed to collect and retain rain water in the
 11 soil and to filter and reduce runoff;
 12 (iii) habitat gardens designed to attract and promote the health of
 13 native wildlife; or
 14 (iv) natural gardening that uses plants native to the state of New
 15 York.
 16 2. A homeowners' association shall not adopt or enforce any rules or
 17 regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable
 18 limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscap-
 19 ing. A restriction on use which effective