---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis"
description: "Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 1234"
citation: "New York A 1234 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8672ec09-84a4-4702-acc9-73cd7a9c9913"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1234"
source_hash: "196057a1a62cb3ffedddd658de041c43f1a5c7644024fe112b03cedc76e38947"
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 1234 (2023-2024) — Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis

Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1234&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **122–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** REPORTED
- **2023-03-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.101
- **2023-04-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-04-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-04-17** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.39
- **2024-01-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1752
- **2024-05-15** 3RD READING CAL.230
- **2024-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.605 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.47

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8672ec09-84a4-4702-acc9-73cd7a9c9913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).