New York Senate Bill S02062 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2062 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to article 1 of the constitution, in relation to the right to food and the right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to food 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 1 of the 2 constitution be amended by adding a new section 20 to read as follows: 3 § 20. All individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right 4 to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to 5 grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing 6 for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being, as 7 long as an individual does not commit trespassing, theft, poaching or 8 other abuses of private property rights, public lands or natural 9 resources in the harvesting, production or acquisition of food; further- 10 more, all individuals have a fundamental right to be free from hunger, 11 malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity 12 of or lack of access to nourishing food. 13 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments 14 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 15 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 16 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 17 published 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89027-01-5