New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S10674: Establishes the home kitchen enterprise and economic opportunity act
Status: In committee, August 5, 2026
Establishes the home kitchen enterprise and economic opportunity act; relates to the licensing and operation of home kitchen operations which store, handle, prepare and package ready-to-eat food for consumers.
What the bill says
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the licensing of home kitchen operations.
From the introduced text, August 5, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the licensing of home kitchen operations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "home kitchen enterprise and economic opportunity act". § 2. Legislative intent. Every day, New Yorkers are using their skills, talents and creativity to build home kitchen-based businesses to provide unique, quality food products, increasingly sourced using local ingredients for direct sale to consumers, farmers markets and other retail outlets. By practicing and perfecting their products, many of these craft culinary enterprises have succeeded and grown into thriving and vibrant small businesses, creating jobs and supporting local economies and local farmers. It is the legislature's intent that home kitchen-based food entrepreneurs should be supported and encouraged in their efforts. Homemade food businesses can create significant economic opportunities for New Yorkers that need them most--including women, immigrants, and people of color, who have historically faced barriers to labor force participation and entrepreneurship and many of whom have lost employment in the food industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The home kitchen enterprise and economic opportunity act modernizes regulations impacting these enterprises and reduces artificial barriers to business growth, while preserving …
Sponsors
- Lea Webb (D, 52) · primary sponsor
- Michelle Hinchey (D, 41)
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO RULES
Subjects: Agriculture and Markets Law
Common questions
- What is S10674?
- S10674 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Establishes the home kitchen enterprise and economic opportunity act.
- What does S10674 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the licensing of home kitchen operations.
- What is the status of S10674?
- In committee as of August 5, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO RULES (August 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S10674?
- Lea Webb (D, 52), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S10674?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10674
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