republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-9478.md

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Bill	Establishes a New York native plants designation; repealer	Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish standards for designation of native plants, to develop a list of native plants that indicates and differentiates between native plants that are indigenous to New York state and those that are native plants found elsewhere in the United States that are likely to shift or expand their range into NY, to establish a New York native plant designation, and to offer seals or logos identifying native plants as grown in New York state; defines "native plants".	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	A 9478	New York A 9478 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Anna Kelles	1	14	2	2026-01-07	2026-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/111c4968-9298-4aa2-b41e-64f7a700e739	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9478	132edb59a79a858bf8d5bb1e8014a0af3af06aa10c9ee6b84119366dd9da2465	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 9478 (2025-2026) — Establishes a New York native plants designation; repealer

Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, to establish standards for designation of native plants, to develop a list of native plants that indicates and differentiates between native plants that are indigenous to New York state and those that are native plants found elsewhere in the United States that are likely to shift or expand their range into NY, to establish a New York native plant designation, and to offer seals or logos identifying native plants as grown in New York state; defines "native plants".

Version chain

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

1. A9478 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 139–0 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anna Kelles — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 REPORTED
• 2026-01-21 RULES REPORT CAL.48
• 2026-01-21 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.48
• 2026-01-21 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2026-01-21 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2026-01-21 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 SUBSTITUTED FOR S8779
• 2026-01-29 3RD READING CAL.72
• 2026-01-29 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2026-01-29 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2026-02-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-02-13 SIGNED CHAP.24 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/111c4968-9298-4aa2-b41e-64f7a700e739. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).