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A 7132: Includes urban farming within farm operations for purposes of agricultural districts.
What A 7132 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to expand the definition of a "farm operation" to include urban farming. A farm operation now encompasses a broader range of activities, including commercial horse boarding, timber operations, and the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. This expansion recognizes the growing trend of urban farming and allows for the inclusion of non-traditional agricultural activities in the state's agricultural laws. The bill takes effect immediately, providing a new framework for urban farming and farm operations in New York.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to agriculture (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7132
- What is the current status of A 7132?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7132 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 agriculture".
- Did A 7132 pass?
- Not yet. A 7132 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7132, and where is it now?
- A 7132 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Agriculture.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to agriculture |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | referred to agriculture |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 20, 2025 · 314 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7132 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to includ- ing urban farming written agricultural districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 301 of the agriculture and 2 markets law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2016, is amended 3 and a new subdivision 19 is added to read as follows: 4 11. "Farm operation" means the land and on-farm buildings, equipment, 5 manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contrib- 6 ute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and 7 livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a "commercial 8 horse boarding operation" as defined in subdivision thirteen of this 9 section, a "timber operation" as defined in subdivision fourteen of this 10 section, "compost, mulch or other organic biomass crops" as defined in 11 subdivision seventeen of this section [and], "commercial equine opera- 12 tion" as defined in subdivision eighteen of this section and "urban 13 farming" as defined in subdivision nineteen of this section. Such farm 14 operation may consist of one or more parcels of owned or rented land, 15 which parcels may be contiguous or noncontiguous to each other. 16 19. "Urban farming" means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flow- 17 ers and ornamental plants, as well as the limited keeping and raising of 18 fowl or bees and the practice of aquaculture. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11062-01-5
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