A 9168 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to reporting on food security trends

This bill requires New York's Department of Public Health to annually report on food security trends at the county level. It directs the department to include the USDA's standard six-item food security survey in its existing health tracking system and publicly post the results online each year. The law directly affects New York residents by creating a state-level tracking system to monitor food insecurity, replacing the discontinued federal USDA report. This provides lawmakers and community organizations with updated, localized data to inform decisions about nutrition assistance programs and resource allocation.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Governor
Introduced Oct 17, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026
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What changed between versions

A9168 A9168A · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to expand the list of sponsors and update the legislative history to reflect committee actions. The core policy requirement to report food insecurity data remains unchanged, but the effective date was updated from 'Section 3' to 'Section 2' to align with the new section numbering.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's requirements (reporting food insecurity data) remains the same; only the procedural history and section numbering were modified.
TECHNICAL

Added multiple sponsors (McDonald, Shimsky, Gonzalez-Rojas, Reyes, Blankenbush, Magnarelli, Schiavoni, Hevesi, Levenberg, Meeks) to the bill introduction.

Updated the legislative history to show the bill was discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted.

Renumbered the effective date provision from Section 3 to Section 2 to match the new structure of the act.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2026 · Assembly May 28, 2026

How they voted

591
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 1, 2026
D Democratic41
38 Yea 3
92% Yea
R Republican22
21 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 28, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
upper
May 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 19, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 9168A
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
Oct 17, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors