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A09282 Summary:

A09282 Actions:

A09282 Committee Votes:

Committee:AGRICULTURE   Chair:Lupardo      
DATE:02/15/2022AYE/NAY:21/1  Action: Favorable         
Lupardo
Aye
Tague
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Miller
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Friend
Aye
Santabarbara
Nay
Woerner
Aye
Jones
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Williams
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Barnwell
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Septimo
Aye
Zinerman
Aye

A09282 Floor Votes:

A09282 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A9282
 
SPONSOR: Lupardo

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to indus-
trial hemp development
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
The purpose of this legislation is to encourage the use of industrial
hemp grown in New York by businesses.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
The bill would amend section 519 of the Agriculture and Markets Law to
update the hemp economic development section of law to clarify that the
Commissioner shall work with the urban development corporation, the New
York State hemp workgroup created in Cannabis Law, and representatives
of industries that currently use, or may potentially use, industrial
hemp in their products, to develop and promote the use of hemp by busi-
nesses for purposes such as packaging, construction, and other uses.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
New York is a leader in the cultivation and processing of hemp, espe-
cially for cannabinoid hemp. The market for New York industrial hemp is
still developing and the state needs to take an active role in research-
ing, identifying, and promoting hemp to industries that may incorporate
it into their products. For example, as the market for sustainable,
biodegradable, non-petroleum-based packaging grows, so do the opportu-
nities for New York produced industrial hemp as an ingredient in these
products. This legislation will encourage renewed focus by the State to
work with growers, processors and businesses that are end users to
expand market opportunities.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
Undetermined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

A09282 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9282
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  indus-
          trial hemp development
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 519 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
     2  chapter 1 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 519. Hemp economic development.  [To  the  extent  the  commissioner
     4  believes  it  to  be  necessary, the] The commissioner shall consult and
     5  cooperate with the New York state urban development corporation, the New
     6  York state hemp workgroup created pursuant to section one hundred  eight
     7  of  the  cannabis  law, and representatives of industries that currently
     8  use, or may potentially use, industrial hemp  in  their  products,  with
     9  respect to the funding and support of research, and product and business
    10  development  and  promotion,  concerning hemp and businesses involved in
    11  growing, cultivating, and processing hemp for uses  including,  but  not
    12  limited to food, fiber, packaging, cannabinoid content, and construction
    13  materials [and other uses].
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14600-02-2