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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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
59–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
Jun 1, 2026
D
Democratic41
92% Yea
R
Republican22
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carrie Woerner
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Hevesi
DDemocratic
Co
Angelo Santabarbara
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Magnarelli
DDemocratic
Co
Dana Levenberg
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Demond Meeks
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
JG
Jessica González-Rojas
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
John McDonald
DDemocratic
Co
Karines Reyes
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Blankenbush
RRepublican
Co
Larinda Hooks
DDemocratic/Working Families
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