Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Vetoed
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act” Read the full text
Assembly
What it does
Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act, preventing homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or maintenance of low impact landscaping.
Summary from the sponsor's memo in the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
REFERRED TO HOUSING · Jan 14, 2025
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REPORTED · Apr 2, 2025
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ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.89 · Apr 3, 2025
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PASSED ASSEMBLY · May 28, 2025
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DELIVERED TO SENATE · May 28, 2025
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REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · May 28, 2025
Senate
SUBSTITUTED FOR S7358 · Jun 11, 2025
Senate
3RD READING CAL.775 · Jun 11, 2025
Senate
PASSED SENATE · Jun 11, 2025
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RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY · Jun 11, 2025
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DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · Oct 9, 2025
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VETOED MEMO.37 · Oct 16, 2025
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TABLED · Oct 17, 2025
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Why the Governor vetoed it
VETO MESSAGE - No.37 TO THE ASSEMBLY: I am returning herewith, without my approval, the following bill: Assembly Bill Number 1890, entitled: "AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to enacting the "low impact landscaping rights act" NOT APPROVED This bill would prevent homeowners associations (HOAs) from prohibit- ing low-impact landscaping, including pollinator gardens, rain gardens, and habitat or natural gardens. While I recognize the potential benefits of low-impact landscaping, this bill would unduly encroach on private agreements between property owners. Therefore, I am constrained to veto this bill. The bill is disapproved. (signed) KATHY HOCHUL __________...
Veto message no. 37, quoted verbatim from the official record, signed KATHY HOCHUL. The full message is on the official bill page.
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Deborah GlickJeffrey DinowitzAnna KellesWilliam ColtonHarvey EpsteinChris BurdickDana Levenberg
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2025-06-11 · EXC 4, NAY 22, AYE 37
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the New York legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTERvia EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER
1 filingNew York Green Industry Councilvia THE VANDERVORT GROUP, LLC
1 filingTHE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, INC.via REID MCNALLY AND SAVAGE
1 filingFrom 3 filings in New York State lobbying disclosures (COELIG), via data.ny.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Vetoed (Oct 16, 2025).