---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the use of glyphosate on state property"
description: "Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of glyphosate on state property: to maintain critical infrastructure; to manage roadside vegetation to ensure public safety; habitat management for the control of invasive species, noxious weeds, and pests of significant public health importance, and the protection of critical native plant species; and for research purposes to develop sustainable alternatives for agricultural and environmental usages, as well as research regarding the environmental motility of glyphosate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 899"
citation: "New York S 899 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERRANO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30a0aee-b473-4c9a-aebe-56b5e03f7b8e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S899"
source_hash: "a7428910450b6c0c2e97481785554a15c231ab7015148aec9055c66b37b1e935"
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 899 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the use of glyphosate on state property

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of glyphosate on state property: to maintain critical infrastructure; to manage roadside vegetation to ensure public safety; habitat management for the control of invasive species, noxious weeds, and pests of significant public health importance, and the protection of critical native plant species; and for research purposes to develop sustainable alternatives for agricultural and environmental usages, as well as research regarding the environmental motility of glyphosate.

## Version chain

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

1. **S899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S899&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–14** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SERRANO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.52
- **2021-01-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-12** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1263
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.29
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.19 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30a0aee-b473-4c9a-aebe-56b5e03f7b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).