A 2645: Prohibits the purchase of glyphosate by any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontractor and the application of glyphosate on property owned, operated or leased by the state.
The bill aims to restrict the use of glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, by certain entities in the state. It prohibits the purchase and use of glyphosate by state departments, agencies, and public benefit corporations, as well as contractors and subcontractors employed by these entities. The bill allows for the continued use of glyphosate under specific circumstances, including: - Direct application in emergency situations with no direct human exposure - Maintenance of critical infrastructure - Management of roadside vegetation to ensure public safety - Habitat management for invasive species - Research purposes to develop sustainable alternatives The bill requires the state department to post information on its website regarding glyphosate usage, including amount and location, by April first of each year. The bill takes effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Jan. 21, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2645 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LEVENBERG, SIMON, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the purchase and use of glyphosate by certain entities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 33-1301 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of 2021, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 12. For any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or 5 any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontrac- 6 tor to purchase any product containing glyphosate or apply glyphosate on 7 [state] property[, provided that the application of glyphosate on state8property is permitted only for (a) direct application in circumstances9when there is no actual or significant threat of direct human exposure10and no effective and practicable alternative, and (b) for the following11uses, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department:12(i) to maintain critical infrastructure;13(ii) to manage roadside vegetation to ensure public safety;14(iii) habitat management for the control of invasive species identi-15fied pursuant to title seventeen of article nine of this chapter, pests16of significant public health importance, noxious weeds designated by the17department as injurious to ecosystem health, and the protection of crit-18ical native plant species; and19(iv) for research purposes to develop sustainable alternatives for20agricultural and environmental usages, as well as research regarding the21environmental motility of glyphosate.22The department shall post information on its website regarding glypho-23sate usage pursuant to this section, including amount and location, by24April first of each year] owned, operated or leased by the state. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00474-01-5