---
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 when cultivated in accordance with the cannabis law; amends the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 417"
citation: "New York A 417 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f853dd-4c24-4dda-98f8-b745c2bc1120"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A417"
source_hash: "0be3cc49760efe7818a08bc9abf2a883dee22cab15eaff94484df13e56748a76"
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 417 (2025-2026) — Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis

Expands the definition of crops, livestock and livestock products to include cannabis when cultivated in accordance with the cannabis law; amends the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A417&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–13** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.7
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.7
- **2025-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S780
- **2025-01-22** 3RD READING CAL.54
- **2025-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-01-27** SIGNED CHAP.2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f853dd-4c24-4dda-98f8-b745c2bc1120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).