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A 2356: Increases the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five; adds as members the commissioner of agriculture and markets and a member appointed by the Dean of the Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
What A 2356 does, verified January 10, 2026
The proposed law aims to increase the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five. The board will consist of representatives from various organizations, including the farm bureau, New York State AFL-CIO, and Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The wage board will hold its first hearing by March 1st and will not pay its members a salary, but will cover their actual and necessary traveling expenses. A quorum of three-fifths of the members is required to function, and the chairperson can establish rules to govern the board's operations. The law will take effect on January 1st of the following year.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to labor (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2356
- What is the current status of A 2356?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 2356 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to labor".
- Did A 2356 pass?
- Not yet. A 2356 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2356, and where is it now?
- A 2356 was authored by Asm. Stephen Hawley with 9 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Labor.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to labor |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to labor |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 343 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2356 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to increasing the number of members on the farm laborers wage board from three to five The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 674-a of the labor law, as 2 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read to as 3 follows: 4 1. Wage board. The commissioner shall hereby convene a farm laborers 5 wage board. The wage board shall be comprised of [three] five members: 6 one representative of the farm bureau, one representative of the New 7 York State AFL-CIO, the commissioner of agriculture and markets, one 8 member appointed by the Dean of Cornell University's College of Agricul- 9 ture and Life Sciences (CALS) and one member appointed by the commis- 10 sioner, who shall be selected from the general public and designated as 11 chairperson. The wage board shall hold its first hearing no later than 12 March first, two thousand twenty. The members of the board shall not 13 receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be paid actual and 14 necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of their 15 duties. 16 2. Organization. [Two-thirds] Three-fifths of the members of the board 17 shall constitute a quorum. The chairperson may from time to time formu- 18 late rules governing the manner in which the wage board shall function 19 and perform its duties under this article. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 21 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01819-01-5
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