New YorkA 94362025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan

Sponsored By: Jo Anne Simon (Democratic)

Became Law

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONRULES

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More monarch habitat and safer pest control

The law updates New York’s monarch preservation plan. The Department of Environmental Conservation must identify pest control methods that do not harm monarch butterflies, their food, or their habitat, including alternatives to harmful pesticides. The agency must add more partnerships and use yards and campus landscaping, idle farm fields, roadsides, and conservation easements to create, restore, or improve habitat. These rules guide public and private partners and do not create new payments or taxes for households. The law takes effect on the same date as the 2025 monarch plan amendments.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Jo Anne Simon
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

Dana Levenberg
Democratic • House
William Colton
Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 56 • No: 0

House vote • 1/21/2026

FLOOR Vote