Senate bill · S3163 (2025-26)

Enacts the monarch preservation plan

Latest action Dec 12, 2025

Enacts the monarch preservation plan requiring the department of environmental conservation to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A1819, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A1819, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1 adds 541 to title 5 article 11 of the environmental conserva- tion law by declaring the threats to monarchs and pollinator popu- lations; directs the department to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migrations Section 2 establishes the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program to provide grants for the restoration or enhancement of appro- priate breeding and migration habitats for monarch butterflies and pollinators on private and public lands. The Commissioner shall annually prepare a report detailing the progress of the monarch butterfly and pollinator rescue program. Section 3 is the effective date; this act shall take effect immediately.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 22, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A1819, the matching Assembly bill.
(57) (0) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationApr 29, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Carrie Woerner, David McDonough and 6 more on Agora

Democratic6
Republican2

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

Over the past several decades, the number of monarch butterflies in North America has steeply declined. From 1996 to 2020, the eastern monarch populations plummeted, from an estimated 383 million to under 45 million, 88 percent. Major threats to monarchs include habitat loss and fragmentation, changes in climate and extreme weather, pesticides, herbicides, genetically modified crops, invasive species, disease and natural predators. Actively restoring native milkweed and nectar plants, monarch overwintering habitat, and other pollinator habitat, and ensur- ing that key habitats are protected from destruction, are critical to ensuring the survival of monarch butterflies and can also help facili- tate conservation of other essential pollinators. Enhancing pollinator populations can result in improved pollination services for neighboring land, including agriculture and wildlife ecosystems. This legislation would direct the department to conserve monarch butterflies and their habitats and create the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program to provide grant funding to Monarch conserva- tion projects.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Dec 12, 2025
Approval MEMO.15
APPROVAL MEMO.15
NY Assembly
Dec 12, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.620
NY Assembly
Dec 8, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
May 22, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.768
3RD READING CAL.768
NY Senate
May 22, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)

May 22, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR S3163
NY Senate
May 1, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Apr 30, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Apr 29, 2025
1ST Report CAL.768
1ST REPORT CAL.768
NY Senate
Apr 1, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Apr 1, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Apr 1, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Apr 1, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
Apr 1, 2025
Rules Report CAL.124
RULES REPORT CAL.124
NY Assembly
Feb 11, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jan 24, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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