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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6286: Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viability program

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 6286 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program within the farmland viability program. Primary sponsor: Michelle Hinchey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 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 agrivoltaics viability pilot program to provide grants to identify the best practices and strategies for agrivoltaics and dual-use solar energy projects that protect soil health during construction and decommissioning of solar arrays, utilize sustainable agricultural production practices, monitor any benefits solar energy may have on farms and to the state, track economic viability, study the commercialization of dual-use solar energy projects, and encourage equitable engagement of stakeholders.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle HincheyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“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. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  5. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.1048
  11. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  12. PRINT NUMBER 6286A

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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