---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the birds and bees protection act"
description: "Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1856"
citation: "New York S 1856 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5760cb-bc4c-4fc9-854c-36c3a77ae8e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1856"
source_hash: "3984874913ac7a6fc44c4494ca2e519a797b0bcda9fbca286b506d70bd191d0e"
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 1856 (2023-2024) — Enacts the birds and bees protection act

Enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1856&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S1856A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1856A)

## Votes

- Environmental Conservation Vote — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)
- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.1135
- **2023-05-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-24** AMENDED 1856A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7640
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.561
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.755 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d5760cb-bc4c-4fc9-854c-36c3a77ae8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).