---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program"
description: "Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 759"
citation: "New York S 759 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06ec3824-3ba7-4090-9889-25c7246666cf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S759"
source_hash: "90fd36817e6ab5bacebe87a4ee3aee9d78824b3fd3aff4ecb2636b335695b361"
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 S 759 (2025-2026) — Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program

Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S759&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–43** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.34
- **2025-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1679
- **2025-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.55
- **2025-02-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06ec3824-3ba7-4090-9889-25c7246666cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).