---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods"
description: "Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods; provides that such task force should identify strategies, opportunities and methods to expand such access; provides that such task force report to the governor and the legislature within one year after the section takes effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4613"
citation: "New York A 4613 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f9fb1d-90b7-4bbd-9310-386b003c7354"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4613"
source_hash: "3f738d94bf445e2c4b78dd86daa3f1fd7c3e655f92ed7c0771d0863c390df194"
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 4613 (2021-2022) — Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods

Creates a task force on improving urban and rural access to locally produced, healthy foods; provides that such task force should identify strategies, opportunities and methods to expand such access; provides that such task force report to the governor and the legislature within one year after the section takes effect.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4613&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** REPORTED
- **2021-02-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.131
- **2021-03-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-08** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1056
- **2021-05-12** 3RD READING CAL.716
- **2021-05-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.731 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f9fb1d-90b7-4bbd-9310-386b003c7354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).