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NY A00254
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
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AI Summary
- Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article 1 of the New York Constitution, adding a new Section 20 establishing food-related rights
- Establishes a "natural, inherent and unalienable right to food," including the right to save and exchange seeds and to grow, raise, harvest, produce, and consume food of one's choosing
- Limits the right by excluding activities that constitute trespassing, theft, poaching, or other violations of private property rights, public lands, or natural resources
- Creates a fundamental right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation, and life endangerment due to food scarcity or lack of access
- Requires passage by two successive legislatures and voter approval at a general election, with publication 3 months before the vote as mandated by the constitutional amendment process
Legislative Description
Provides that all persons have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.
Last Action
opinion referred to judiciary
1/30/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/8/2025
Full Bill Text
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