---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program"
description: "Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program; requires the commissioners of the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation and economic development to develop a list of plants and seeds eligible for consideration in such program; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 794"
citation: "New York S 794 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
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/4b482889-a645-45d6-952c-3c4c7837c153"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S794"
source_hash: "e784cfe6f4e03fcb3a18f060010ab39100adc2851e0a3e8f0fed40da85e24c3c"
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 794 (2025-2026) — Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program

Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program; requires the commissioners of the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation and economic development to develop a list of plants and seeds eligible for consideration in such program; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S794&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — 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.68
- **2025-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A442
- **2025-02-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.72
- **2025-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b482889-a645-45d6-952c-3c4c7837c153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).