A 2122 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the garden protection act

Summary

Establishes the "garden protection act", protecting the rights of individuals to cultivate home vegetable gardens, native plant gardens, and/or pollinator gardens.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A2122 → A2122A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify that gardens can include plants commonly associated with them and to expand the definition of native plant gardens to include non-flowering supportive plants. These changes ensure the law covers a broader range of gardening activities and protects gardens that rely on native shrubs or trees without flowers, preventing local regulations from excluding them.

Scope change

The bill's scope was broadened to include 'other edible plants' in home vegetable gardens and 'native or supportive plants' in native plant gardens, ensuring non-flowering native species are protected.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'home vegetable garden' to explicitly include 'other edible plants' alongside vegetables, herbs, and fruits.

Expanded the definition of 'native plant garden' to allow for 'other native or supportive plants, including those without flowers,' ensuring non-flowering native species are protected.

Added a new sentence to the 'native plant garden' definition stating that such gardens 'may also include other native or supportive plants, including those without flowers.'

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 2122A

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

REFERENCE CHANGED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGING

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors