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NY A09436
Bill
Status
2/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Amends the monarch preservation plan to shift focus from "controlling" pest management practices to "identifying alternatives to" practices harmful to monarch butterflies, specifically including alternatives to harmful pesticides
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Expands eligible lands for monarch butterfly habitat creation, restoration, or enhancement by changing language from agricultural "non-cropped" lands to agricultural lands "not in active production"
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Authorizes use of residential areas, institutional landscaped areas, transportation corridors, and conservation easements for monarch butterfly habitat partnerships
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Takes effect on the same date as the parent 2025 monarch preservation plan legislation (S. 3163 and A. 1819)
Legislative Description
Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan and allowing agricultural lands that are not in active production be used to enhance the monarch butterfly habitat.
Last Action
signed chap.7
2/13/2026