---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the definition of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program"
description: "Expands the definitions of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program to include certain milk and other non-alcoholic farm produced beverages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9259"
citation: "New York A 9259 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9179cf3c-0de4-47fb-afa2-e2fb3ab5a427"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9259"
source_hash: "16bcb078a3ca8b654c053604750ac68ba4a073350c37d71d76359d41a175e717"
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 9259 (2023-2024) — Expands the definition of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program

Expands the definitions of surplus agricultural products and processed products for the purposes of the Nourish New York program to include certain milk and other non-alcoholic farm produced beverages.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9259&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- David DiPietro — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Gallahan — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Angelino — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Blankenbush — cosponsor (person)
- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** REPORTED
- **2024-02-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.339
- **2024-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-04** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8690
- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.821
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.632 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9179cf3c-0de4-47fb-afa2-e2fb3ab5a427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).