---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to inspection and sale of industrial hemp seeds"
description: "Relates to inspection and sale of industrial hemp seeds; includes industrial hemp as a crop."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8509"
citation: "New York A 8509 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-17"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e872215-c92f-4234-a0c5-2ecbd097bcba"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8509"
source_hash: "e1d8d3e0c08d260e216193ec93230f49465a563448afaaeca17c0711dad3b892"
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 A 8509 (2017-2018) — Relates to inspection and sale of industrial hemp seeds

Relates to inspection and sale of industrial hemp seeds; includes industrial hemp as a crop.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8509 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8509&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8509 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8509)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-17** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED
- **2017-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.582
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.582
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6787
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2195
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-12** SIGNED CHAP.88 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e872215-c92f-4234-a0c5-2ecbd097bcba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).