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Senate bill · S4755 (2025-26)

Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program

Latest action Jun 1, 2026

New York State Senate

Sponsor

Jamaal Bailey

State Senator, District 36 · Democratic/Working Families

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Summary

Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Agriculture and Markets Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 18, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To establish a farm ownership succession program and provide resources to assist current farmers who are planning on retiring, selling, or ending their farming operations to ensure that such operations continue with new owners. The program is also charged with outreach to minority communities to help increase the number of minority farmer owners in New York State.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Agriculture · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Agriculture · New York State Senate.

Cosponsors

Lea Webb, Pamela Helming and 2 more on Agora

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  • Republican3
  • Democratic1

This bill has cosponsors from more than one party.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Jamaal Bailey says this is needed

Major demographic changes are impacting every sector of the American economy, including farming. Small family-owned and family-operated farms have been dealing with the impact of interstate and global competition. As farmers prepare for retirement, it is important for New York State to put in place a farm-ownership succession program to help farmers sell off their farms, farmlands, and farming assets. Establishing the farm- owner succession planning program (FOSPP) will provide a wealth of information on state programs that are in place to help New York farmers with the sale of their operations. The FOSPP acknowledges the changing demographics of our state and nation. To ensure that minority populations can compete for farming opportunities and become farmers, the FOSPP puts in place an outreach plan designed for this purpose. Out of more than 56,000 farms in New York State, less than 800 are owned by Latino, Black, Asian, and Native Americans. This legislation seeks to compile the list of all the resources available to farmers and related regulations into a toolkit that will help farmers and prospective farmers understand their options, risks, and opportunities. A strong farm-ownership succession planning program will help farmers sell their assets in a manner that will hope- fully ensure that the farming and agricultural center becomes more representative of the population of our state. FISCAL IMPLICTIONS: None.

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.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 1, 2026Result: passed

    (60) (0) (0) (3)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Finance

    Senate FinanceMay 19, 2026Result: passed

    (20) (0) (0) (2)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Agriculture

    Senate AgricultureApr 21, 2026Result: passed

    (9) (0) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 6, 2025Result: passed

    (60) (1) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Finance

    Senate FinanceApr 29, 2025Result: passed

    (22) (0) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Agriculture

    Senate AgricultureApr 8, 2025Result: passed

    (9) (0) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. Jun 1, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. Jun 1, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 1, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    NY Assembly

  4. May 21, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. May 20, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (13 earlier events)
  1. May 19, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.1204

    1ST REPORT CAL.1204

    NY Senate

  2. Apr 21, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  3. Apr 13, 2026

    Amend and Recommit to Agriculture

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

    NY Senate

  4. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  5. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    NY Senate

  6. May 6, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  7. May 6, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  8. May 6, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    NY Assembly

  9. May 1, 2025

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  10. Apr 30, 2025

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

  11. Apr 29, 2025

    1ST Report CAL.760

    1ST REPORT CAL.760

    NY Senate

  12. Apr 8, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  13. Feb 12, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

    NY Senate