S 4755 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program

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.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026
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What changed between versions

S4755 S4755A · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to include Senator Rolison as a sponsor and to recommit the bill to the Agriculture Committee for further review. The primary substantive change extends the deadline for establishing the Farm Ownership Succession Planning Program and holding its first forum from 2026 to 2027, providing an additional year for the department to prepare.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on establishing a farm ownership succession planning program, but the timeline for implementation has been delayed by one year.
TIMELINE

The deadline to establish the program and hold the first forum was moved from August 1, 2026, to August 1, 2027.

The deadline to submit the outreach plan to minority business chambers was moved from August 1, 2026, to August 1, 2027.

TECHNICAL

Senator Rolison was added as a co-sponsor of the bill.

The bill was recommitted to the Agriculture Committee following committee discharge and amendment.

Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025

How they voted

601
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 62
May 6, 2025
D Democratic40
39 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican22
21 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Jun 1, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
lower
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 21, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4755A
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
upper
May 6, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors