S 592 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program

Summary

Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

S592 → S592A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add new sponsors and update its procedural history, indicating it has moved through committee review. Substantively, the program requirements were relaxed to allow participants who cannot pay at least minimum wage to receive a state grant instead of being disqualified, and the weekly work hour limit was increased from an unspecified amount to a maximum of forty hours.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include farms and businesses that previously might have been excluded due to wage constraints, as they can now receive grants to cover student wages.

ELIGIBILITY

Participants unable to pay at least minimum wage are now eligible for a state grant to cover wages, whereas the original text implied a stricter requirement.

REQUIREMENT

The maximum weekly work hours for students were explicitly set to forty hours, replacing a vague or missing limit in the original draft.

New requirements mandate that participating farms and businesses provide transportation or transportation compensation to eligible students.

TECHNICAL

The list of bill sponsors was updated to include additional legislators, and the document was marked as favorably reported from the Agriculture Committee and committed to the Finance Committee.

Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025

How they voted

61–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 62

May 6, 2025

D Democratic40

39 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican22

22 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 1, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

lower

Jun 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 592A

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 29, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

upper

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors