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NY S08773
Bill
Status
1/8/2026
Primary Sponsor
Peter Harckham
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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 pesticide use
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Expands the definition of agricultural lands eligible for monarch butterfly habitat creation from "non-cropped" lands to "lands that are not in active production"
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Authorizes partnerships to use residential areas, institutional landscapes, agricultural lands not in active production, transportation corridors, and conservation easements for creating, restoring, or enhancing monarch butterfly habitat
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Takes effect on the same date as the 2025 Monarch Preservation Plan legislation (S. 3163/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
SUBSTITUTED BY A9436
1/21/2026