# New York S 7359: Establishes a New York native plants designation

New York S 7359, Establishes a New York native plants designation, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Rachel May (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-19 (APPROVAL MEMO.78) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 7359
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishes a New York native plants designation
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Last action: 2025-12-19, APPROVAL MEMO.78
- Sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: AGRICULTURE, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (207 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New native plant labels for New Yorkers: benefit, low. Effective immediately, the law creates a New York native plants designation. The state agriculture department, working with the environmental conservation department, must set its standards and guidelines. It can offer seals or logos identifying qualifying plants as New York-grown and certified for…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-06 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 139 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-05 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 60 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-14 | committee | Agriculture Committee Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-12-19: APPROVAL MEMO.78 (Senate)
- 2025-12-19: SIGNED CHAP.702 (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-06: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-06: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.458 (House)
- 2025-06-06: SUBSTITUTED FOR A7964A (House)
- 2025-06-05: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-06-05: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-05: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-05-19: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-05-19: AMENDED (T) 7359A (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: 1ST REPORT CAL.1123 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-05-19: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7359A)
- Original, 2025-04-10: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7359)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7359A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7359)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7359-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).