---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to locally grown farm and food products"
description: "Enacts the local food, farms, and jobs act; relates to the procurement of locally grown farm and food products; sets goals for levels of procurement by state agencies; creates the New York state council on food policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3954"
citation: "New York A 3954 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2022-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f689ea8-c195-4459-b250-477abac484fa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3954"
source_hash: "7251c591a67b1e87b480453c20981ba2f67390b8b84425e7a42818dff559b642"
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 3954 (2021-2022) — Relates to locally grown farm and food products

Enacts the local food, farms, and jobs act; relates to the procurement of locally grown farm and food products; sets goals for levels of procurement by state agencies; creates the New York state council on food policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3954&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3954A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3954A)
3. **A3954B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3954B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** PRINT NUMBER 3954A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** PRINT NUMBER 3954B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** REPORTED
- **2022-02-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.426
- **2022-02-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-28** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S549B
- **2022-03-09** 3RD READING CAL.583
- **2022-03-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.645 `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-23** APPROVAL MEMO.29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f689ea8-c195-4459-b250-477abac484fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).