---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the beginning farmer advisory board on agriculture"
description: "Expands the young farmer advisory board on agriculture to become the beginning farmer advisory board on agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7020"
citation: "New York A 7020 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-10"
last_action: "2024-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d06963-ab11-4d33-aafb-096f3ba9e76d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7020"
source_hash: "3582968c5d5ad267eb0e64bca2f1ff0190db01ef6f2c113f905f816198495415"
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 7020 (2023-2024) — Establishes the beginning farmer advisory board on agriculture

Expands the young farmer advisory board on agriculture to become the beginning farmer advisory board on agriculture.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7020&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A7020A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7020A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** PRINT NUMBER 7020A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** REPORTED
- **2024-05-22** RULES REPORT CAL.104
- **2024-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.104
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9248
- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1460
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.230 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2d06963-ab11-4d33-aafb-096f3ba9e76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).