Bill Sponsors: NY A00940 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly
Bill Title: Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act"; directs the board of regents and the education department to investigate and study undergraduate agricultural programs with the goal of identifying programs which encourage entry into agricultural production; establishes agriculture producer scholarships for students who agree to be agriculture producers in the state for a certain period of time after graduation; establishes the producer's loan forgiveness program; directs the board of regents and the education department to establish and implement an outreach program to encourage elementary and secondary school students to enter the agricultural field; directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to report to the governor and the legislature on reducing taxation on land used in agricultural production; appropriates funds therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A00940 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A00940 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Assemblymember Clifford Crouch [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-122 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember William Barclay [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-120 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember David DiPietro [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-147 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Gary Finch [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-126 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Joseph Giglio [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-148 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Stephen Hawley [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-139 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Brian Kolb [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-131 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Michael Montesano [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-015 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Andrew Raia [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-012 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember John Salka [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-121 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Brian Manktelow [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-130 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Marjorie Byrnes [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-133 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Assemblymember Christopher Friend [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-124 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |