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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1529: Establishes a carbon farming tax credit for farmers

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1529 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a carbon farming tax credit for farmers. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes the carbon farming certification committee for the purpose of developing a certification framework, determining qualified carbon removal practices eligible for the carbon farming tax credit, and promulgating certification standards for qualified carbon removal practices; provides for the development of educational materials to encourage carbon farming by promoting farming practices which reduce, sequester and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions on land used in support of a farm operation; establishes carbon farming tax credits.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin ParkerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. PRINT NUMBER 1529A
  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
  4. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  5. RETURNED TO SENATE
  6. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  7. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  11. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  12. 1ST REPORT CAL.749

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source