Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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May 13, 2021 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S6719
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S6719 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 27 Title 32 §§27-3201 - 27-3209, En Con L; add §1352-f, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S2981
2021-S6719 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to prohibiting the sale or manufacture of single-use plastic water bottles not comprised of one hundred percent recycled material; prohibits the sale of single-use plastic beverage containers comprised of less than seventy-five percent recycled materials; establishes penalties for violations; requires food service establishments to provide customers with tap water, beverages and leftovers in reusable beverage containers provided by a customer.
2021-S6719 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6719 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or manufacture of single-use plastic water bottles comprised of less than one hundred percent recycled materials and to prohibiting the sale of single-use plastic beverage containers comprised of less than seventy-five percent recycled materials; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring food service establishments to provide tap water, beverages and leftovers to customers in reusable containers, upon request PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles made from less than 100% recycled materials and other single-use plastic contain- ers made from less than 75% recycled materials. This bill would also prohibit restaurants from refusing to provide tap water, beverages, and leftover food upon request in a reusable container supplied by the customer, rather than a disposable or single-use container supplied by the restaurant, provided the container is suitable.
2021-S6719 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6719 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or manufacture of single-use plastic water bottles comprised of less than one hundred percent recycled materials and to prohibiting the sale of single-use plastic beverage containers comprised of less than seventy-five percent recycled materials; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring food service establishments to provide tap water, beverages and leftovers to customers in reusable containers, upon request THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 32 to read as follows: TITLE 32 PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS SECTION 27-3201. INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT. 27-3203. STATE FUNDS FOR SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES. 27-3205. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES COMPRISED OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RECYCLED MATERIAL. 27-3207. OTHER SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS COMPRISED OF SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT RECYCLED MATERIALS. 27-3209. ENFORCEMENT. § 27-3201. INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CONDUCT A STUDY RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) THE AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DRINKING WATER FILLING STATIONS AND WATER FOUNTAINS ACROSS THE STATE; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11422-01-1
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