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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacts the birds and bees protection act"
+description: "Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 1856"
+citation: "New York S 1856 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5760cb-bc4c-4fc9-854c-36c3a77ae8e1"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1856"
+source_hash: "3984874913ac7a6fc44c4494ca2e519a797b0bcda9fbca286b506d70bd191d0e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 1856 (2023-2024) — Enacts the birds and bees protection act
+
+Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S1856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1856&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S1856A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1856A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Environmental Conservation Vote — **8–2** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–16** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **99–46** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
+- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
+- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
+- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
+- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
+- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
+- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
+- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
+- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)
+- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.1135
+- **2023-05-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-24** AMENDED 1856A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7640
+- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.561
+- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.755 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.77
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d5760cb-bc4c-4fc9-854c-36c3a77ae8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+