# New York S 794: Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program

New York S 794, Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Rachel May (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-02-14 (SIGNED CHAP.89) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 794
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-02-14, SIGNED CHAP.89
- Sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: RULES, AGRICULTURE
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (225 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New York expands native seed use: benefit, low. New York creates a program to increase native seed production at in-state nurseries and use in state projects. Agriculture and Markets, Environmental Conservation, and Economic Development jointly run it. Funding depends on appropriations and can support state growing operations or private supplier…
- New York drops seed affordability goal: cost, low. The law removes the program's goal of making native seeds commercially available in New York at a reasonable cost and in adequate supply. It does not set seed prices or require sellers to change their supply.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 145 | 1 |   |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 1 |   |
| 2025-01-13 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-02-14: SIGNED CHAP.89 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-02-04: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-02-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.72 (House)
- 2025-02-04: SUBSTITUTED FOR A442 (House)
- 2025-01-14: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (House)
- 2025-01-14: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.68 (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-01-06: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S794)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S794)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S794-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).