---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to eligibility under the New York state young farmers loan forgiveness incentive program"
description: "Relates to eligibility under the New York state young farmers loan forgiveness incentive program; expands program to farmers who have produced agricultural products for no more than ten years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4082"
citation: "New York S 4082 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2022-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc603743-7086-44f6-b663-0d7ba8fe86d8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4082"
source_hash: "32579ef6baf32e9faacf2e45b1dc33bb6f6646212fa6f67fb54ce557a18d051a"
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 4082 (2021-2022) — Relates to eligibility under the New York state young farmers loan forgiveness incentive program

Relates to eligibility under the New York state young farmers loan forgiveness incentive program; expands program to farmers who have produced agricultural products for no more than ten years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4082&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4082A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4082A)

## Votes

- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.721
- **2021-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.279
- **2022-01-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4082A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 4082
- **2022-03-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1539
- **2022-05-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.589
- **2022-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc603743-7086-44f6-b663-0d7ba8fe86d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).