New York Assembly Bill 7644 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to agriculture
Pending: Assembly Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This legislation will prohibit growing, raising, selling, transport or cultivating any pharmaceutical crops or industrial crops in an outdoor environment. It would prohibit bio-pharm- ing with plant species that are commonly used as food for humans or animals. This legislation would require that such experiments may only be conducted in labs that confirm to strictest federal anti-contamina- tion standards.

Enacts the "genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crop act"; prohibits the growth, sale, raising, transportation and cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial crops; imposes a civil penalty of between $250,000 and $1,000,000 for any violation thereof; authorizes the attorney general to seek equitable relief against such violations; authorizes the attorney general or any aggrieved party to commence a civil action to recover compensatory and punitive damages.

Asm. Peter Rivera [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to agriculture
2009-04-17		referred to agriculture

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07644&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07644&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07644