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A05386 Summary:
BILL NO | A05386A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S04722-A |
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SPONSOR | Lupardo |
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COSPNSR | Barrett, Kelles, Gallagher, Thiele, Otis, Gottfried, Simon, Sillitti, Glick, Lavine, Angelino, Davila, Zinerman, Jackson, Rosenthal L, Perry, Santabarbara, Buttenschon, Fahy, Griffin, Colton, Blankenbush, Norris, Stirpe, Jacobson |
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MLTSPNSR | Galef |
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Add Art 11-B §§151-l - 151-o, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§2 & 4, Cons Dists L | |
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Establishes the soil health and climate resiliency act; establishes the soil health program to assist farmers in improving the health of their soil; establishes the climate resilient farming initiative to promote and encourage farmers to reduce the effects of farming on climate change and to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change by improving and maintaining water management systems and soil health and resiliency. |
A05386 Actions:
BILL NO | A05386A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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02/16/2021 | referred to agriculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2021 | amend (t) and recommit to agriculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2021 | print number 5386a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2021 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | rules report cal.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/25/2021 | REFERRED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2021 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S4722A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2021 | 3RD READING CAL.1382 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2021 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/2021 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/22/2021 | signed chap.735 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/22/2021 | approval memo.102 |
A05386 Committee Votes:
Lupardo | Aye | Tague | Aye | ||||||
Gunther | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Rivera | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Barrett | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Stirpe | Aye | Friend | Aye | ||||||
Santabarbara | Aye | ||||||||
Woerner | Aye | ||||||||
Jones | Aye | ||||||||
Epstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Buttenschon | Aye | ||||||||
Barnwell | Aye | ||||||||
Kelles | Aye | ||||||||
Septimo | Aye | ||||||||
Zinerman | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
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A05386 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
ER
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A05386 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5386--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, BARRETT, KELLES, GALLAGHER, THIELE, OTIS, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, SILLITTI, GLICK, LAVINE, ANGELINO, DAVILA, ZINERMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the soil and water conservation districts law, in relation to establishing the soil health and climate resiliency act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "soil 2 health and climate resiliency act". 3 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new arti- 4 cle 11-B to read as follows: 5 ARTICLE 11-B 6 SOIL HEALTH AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY 7 Section 151-l. Definitions. 8 151-m. Soil health initiative. 9 151-n. Climate resilient farming initiative. 10 151-o. Soil health research. 11 § 151-l. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Soil health" means 12 soils that have the continuing capacity to function as a vital, living 13 ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans. The benefits of 14 healthy soil include: supporting the production of food, feed, fiber, 15 and fuel; facilitating infiltration, storage and filtration of water and 16 protecting water quality; enhanced nutrient-holding capacity and nutri- 17 ent cycling; providing habitat for diverse soil organisms; enhanced 18 resilience to drought, extreme precipitation events, temperature 19 extremes, pests, diseases and other stresses; breaking down harmful 20 chemicals; reducing agricultural impacts on, and mitigating the impact EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05460-07-1A. 5386--A 2 1 on agriculture of, global climate change; and sequestering carbon and 2 net long-term greenhouse gas benefits. 3 2. "Soil health practices" means agricultural and land management 4 practices that improve the function of soils through actions that follow 5 the principles of: minimizing soil disturbance from soil preparation; 6 maximizing soil vegetation cover; maximizing the diversity of beneficial 7 soil organisms; maximizing presence of living roots; and integrating 8 animals into land management; and in support of such principles, include 9 such practices as conservation tillage or no-till, cover-cropping, 10 precision nitrogen and phosphorous application, planned rotational graz- 11 ing, integrated crop-livestock systems, agroforestry, perennial crops, 12 integrated pest management, nutrient best management practices, and 13 those practices recommended by the United States Department of Agricul- 14 ture Natural Resources Conservation Service and that are supported by 15 the state soil and water conservation committee. 16 § 151-m. Soil health initiative. 1. The department, in cooperation 17 with the state soil and water conservation committee, and other partners 18 working on soil health shall encourage agricultural producers in urban, 19 suburban and rural communities to improve and maintain the health of 20 farm soils by: managing and optimizing soil health to mitigate and adapt 21 to climate change, and improve water quality while improving long term 22 soil productivity, efficiency, resiliency and profitability of farming; 23 ensuring that soil is conserved as a living ecosystem managed to provide 24 nutrients for the growth of agricultural plants and animals and a heal- 25 thy, affordable food supply; and addressing such environmental impacts 26 from farm operations, including, but not limited to absorbing and hold- 27 ing rainwater for use during dry periods, filtering and buffering poten- 28 tial pollutants from leaving fields, improving climate resiliency, and 29 providing habitat for beneficial soil microbes to flourish and diversi- 30 fy. Such improvement and maintenance shall account for the differences 31 in soils in different regions of the state. The department shall coor- 32 dinate the soil health initiative with the agricultural environmental 33 management program established in article eleven-A of this chapter and 34 section eleven of the soil and water conservation districts law. 35 2. The department shall encourage soil health practices that include, 36 but shall not be limited to: 37 (a) improving, enhancing, or otherwise maximizing soil health and 38 quality, and minimizing soil erosion and sedimentation; 39 (b) improving, enhancing, or otherwise maximizing water infiltration 40 rates and water holding capacities of soils for improved storm water 41 management and flood control, drought resilience, and groundwater 42 supply; and 43 (c) managing and enhancing the healthy cycling of nutrients within 44 fields, to minimize nutrient runoff and reduce downstream nutrient load- 45 ing, improve watershed health and reliable water availability, restore 46 and enhance wildlife habitat, and manage water runoff and drainage water 47 for improved local and downstream water quality. 48 3. The department, in the development of efforts to promote and 49 encourage soil health, shall conduct public virtually accessible stake- 50 holder meetings and provide opportunity for written public comment and 51 consult with stakeholders, as appropriate, including, but not limited 52 to: the state soil and water conservation committee, the department of 53 environmental conservation, agricultural producers including histor- 54 ically marginalized producers, not-for-profit conservation organiza- 55 tions, environmental protection organizations including environmental 56 justice, the United States Department of Agriculture's NationalA. 5386--A 3 1 Resources Conservation Services, the New York state college of agricul- 2 ture and life sciences established in section fifty-seven hundred twelve 3 of the education law including Cornell Cooperative Extension, other 4 institutions of higher education in New York state working on soil 5 health, and any other organization designated by the commissioner. 6 4. The department, in cooperation with the state soil and water 7 conservation committee, the New York state college of agriculture and 8 life sciences established in section fifty-seven hundred twelve of the 9 education law, and with input from other organizations with expertise in 10 soil health and regional stakeholders, shall establish appropriate 11 voluntary standards and objectives for soil health and quality, reflec- 12 tive of the different geographic regions, soil types, and farming oper- 13 ations. Such standards should include soil quality indicators for 14 biological, physical, and chemical properties of soil and reflect the 15 latest scientific advancements. 16 § 151-n. Climate resilient farming initiative. 1. The department, in 17 cooperation with the state soil and water conservation committee, and 18 other partners working on climate resilient farming shall encourage 19 agricultural producers in urban, suburban and rural communities to 20 reduce the effects of farming on climate change, such as greenhouse gas 21 emissions, and adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change by 22 improving and maintaining water management systems and soil health and 23 resiliency. 24 2. The department shall promote best management practices for climate 25 mitigation and soil resiliency, as informed by state policy, by the 26 United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation 27 Service Field Office Technical Guide and by research conducted by New 28 York state institutions of higher education with expertise in soil 29 health, and approved by the New York state soil and water conservation 30 committee. 31 3. The department shall coordinate the climate resilient farming 32 initiative with the agricultural environmental management program estab- 33 lished in article eleven-A of this chapter and section eleven of the 34 soil and water conservation districts law. 35 § 151-o. Soil health research. The commissioner shall make available 36 practical information from soil health research to agricultural produc- 37 ers in urban, suburban and rural communities with goals to: continue 38 accelerating the percentage of farmers who actively utilize best manage- 39 ment practices to foster soil health and resiliency; and, promote scien- 40 tific understanding of soil health and carbon sequestration with various 41 farming practices, including but not limited to no-till, cover cropping, 42 managed grazing, perennial pasture, and precise application of added 43 nutrients to achieve nitrous oxide emissions reduction. 44 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 2 of the soil and water conservation 45 districts law is renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is 46 added to read as follows: 47 (2) Promotion of soil health and resiliency. It is further declared 48 the policy of the legislature to promote the health and resiliency of 49 New York's agricultural soils, including the biological, physical, and 50 chemical components of such soils, to sustain agricultural plants and 51 animals, produce a healthy, affordable food supply, promote climate 52 resilient farming and the reduction of agricultural greenhouse gas emis- 53 sions, and further protect and promote natural resources and the health, 54 safety and welfare of the people of this state.A. 5386--A 4 1 § 4. Paragraph i of subdivision 4 of section 4 of the soil and water 2 conservation districts law, as added by chapter 136 of the laws of 2000, 3 is amended and a new paragraph j is added to read as follows: 4 i. To coordinate and approve the participation of the several 5 districts in the AEM program as set forth in article eleven-A of the 6 agriculture and markets law[.]; 7 j. To coordinate and approve the participation of the several 8 districts in support of soil health and climate resilient farming as set 9 forth in article eleven-B of the agriculture and markets law. 10 § 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.