NY State Assembly Bill 2009-A428A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 23, 2010	3rd reading cal.1126 substituted for s2832a
Apr 20, 2010	referred to codes delivered to senate passed assembly
Feb 01, 2010	amended on third reading 428a
Jan 06, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.25 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 11, 2009	referred to rules
Jun 09, 2009	delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 08, 2009	ordered to third reading rules cal.77 rules report cal.77 reported
Jun 02, 2009	reported referred to rules
Apr 22, 2009	reported referred to ways and means
Jan 07, 2009	referred to environmental conservation

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2009-A428 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2832
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 26 §§27-2601 - 27-2605, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A2097, S431
2013-2014: A4973, S3419
2015-2016: A5743, S2493
2017-2018: A1013, A9692, S4168
2019-2020: A4603, S3069

2009-A428 - Summary

Relates to food service waste reduction; prohibits the use of polystyrene foam by contractors and lessees who deal with the state through state and municipal contracts.

2009-A428 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A428

TITLE  OF BILL:   An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to food service waste reduction

PURPOSE: The purpose of the bill is to discourage the use of  disposable
Styrofoam  food service ware by any person or entity that has a contract
with an agency or municipality, and to study the feasibility of a Styro-
foam ban in New York State.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Requires that any state department, agency, board, public benefit corpo-
ration, public authority, commission, municipality, and  their  contrac-
tors  and  lessees  use  food service ware made from material other than
polystyrene foam, unless there is no compostable or recyclable  alterna-
tive available at a price not more than 15 percent higher.

Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a study
on the desirability, feasibility and environmental impact of a statewide
ban on the use of disposable Styrofoam food service ware.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:

This  bill  would  add a new title 26 to Article 27 of the Environmental
Conservation Law.

JUSTIFICATION:

Styrofoam is a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially manufactured from
petroleum, a quickly disappearing commodity. Each year Americans throwa-
way 25,000,000 Styrofoam cups, or 1,369 tons of Styrofoam products every
day. A single Styrofoam cup can take up to 500 years to  fully  disinte-
grate.

Styrofoam is a notorious pollutant that is very difficult to recycle due
to its light weight and low scrap value. It is generally not accepted in
curbside  programs, is seldom able to be reused, takes up a considerable
amount of space in landfills, and takes a very long time to fully decom-
pose. Due to the physical properties of  Styrofoam,  the  United  States
Environmental  Protection  Agency  states  "that such materials can have
serious impact on human health, wildlife, and the aquatic  environment,"
because the product breaks down and can clog waterways, or to be mistak-
en for food by wildlife.

One  of  the  components  of  Styrofoam,  styrene  is  a known hazardous
substance which is a suspected carcinogen and neurotoxin. Many people do
not realize that when they re-heat food in a Styrofoam product  using  a
microwave, toxins may be released into their food.

This  bill  would  address  the environmental impacts of Styrofoam while
allowing for exceptions in cases where there is  no  viable  alternative
product of comparable cost.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2008: A 11466A (Kavanagh) - Passed Assembly

FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE: Minimal.

EFFECTIVE  DATE: This act shall take effect immediately provided, howev-
er, that sections one and two of this act shall take effect on  the  one
hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

2009-A428 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   428

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, GALEF, KOON, LUPARDO, MAGNAREL-
  LI,  MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, SCHIMEL, SPANO, STIRPE, TITONE, ALFANO, ERRI-
  GO, McDONOUGH, TITUS, PAULIN, P. LOPEZ, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  COOK,
  DelMONTE,  DINOWITZ,  GLICK, GUNTHER, HOOPER, JEFFRIES, McENENY, PHEF-
  FER, REILLY, THIELE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  food
  service waste reduction

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "food service waste reduction act".
  S  2.  Article  27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
adding a new title 26 to read as follows:

                                TITLE 26
                       FOOD SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION

SECTION 27-2601. DEFINITIONS.
        27-2603. REQUIRED  COMPOSTABLE  OR  RECYCLABLE  DISPOSABLE  FOOD
                   SERVICE WARE.
        27-2605. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.

S 27-2601. DEFINITIONS.
  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1. "AFFORDABLE" MEANS PURCHASABLE FOR NOT MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN  PERCENT
MORE  THAN  THE  PURCHASE  COST OF THE NON-COMPOSTABLE OR NON-RECYCLABLE
ALTERNATIVE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

A                                                          LBD01037-01-9

A. 428                              2

  2.  "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION.
  3.    "COMPOSTABLE"  MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCT OR PACKAGE
WILL (A) UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES  DURING  COMPOSTING
TO  YIELD  CARBON  DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND BIOMASS AT A
RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE  NO
VISIBLE,  DISTINGUISHABLE  OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO ADVERSE IMPACT
ON THE ABILITY OF COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT  GROWTH  ONCE  THE  FINISHED
COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL.
  4.  "CONTRACTORS  AND  LESSEES"  MEAN  ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT HAS A
CONTRACT WITH AN AGENCY OR A MUNICIPALITY FOR PUBLIC WORKS  OR  IMPROVE-
MENTS TO BE PERFORMED, FOR A FRANCHISE, CONCESSION OR LEASE OF PROPERTY,
FOR  GRANT  MONIES  OR GOODS AND SERVICES OR SUPPLIES TO BE PURCHASED AT
THE EXPENSE OF THE AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY OR TO BE PAID  OUT  OF  MONIES
DEPOSITED  IN  THE  TREASURY OR OUT OF TRUST MONIES UNDER THE CONTROL OR
COLLECTED BY THE AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY.
  5. "DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE WARE" MEANS ALL CONTAINERS, BOWLS, PLATES,
TRAYS, CARTONS, CUPS, LIDS, STRAWS, FORKS, SPOONS, KNIVES,  NAPKINS  AND
OTHER  ITEMS  THAT  ARE  DESIGNED  FOR  ONE-TIME USE FOR PREPARED FOODS,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SERVICE  WARE  FOR  TAKEOUT  FOODS  AND/OR
LEFTOVERS  FROM  PARTIALLY  CONSUMED MEALS PREPARED BY FOOD VENDORS. THE
TERM "DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE WARE"  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  ITEMS  COMPOSED
ENTIRELY OF ALUMINUM OR POLYSTYRENE FOAM COOLERS AND ICE CHESTS THAT ARE
INTENDED  FOR  REUSE  NOR DOES THIS TERM INCLUDE RECYCLABLE FOOD SERVICE
WARE.
  6. "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS A VILLAGE,  TOWN,  CITY,  OR  COUNTY,  OR  ANY
DESIGNATED AGENCY THEREOF.
  7. "POLYSTYRENE FOAM" MEANS BLOWN POLYSTYRENE AND EXPANDED AND EXTRUD-
ED  FOAMS (SOMETIMES CALLED STYROFOAM TM) WHICH ARE THERMOPLASTIC PETRO-
CHEMICAL MATERIALS UTILIZING A STYRENE  MONOMER  AND  PROCESSED  BY  ANY
NUMBER  OF  TECHNIQUES  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUSION OF POLYMER
SPHERES (EXPANDABLE BEAD POLYSTYRENE), INJECTION MOLDING, FOAM  MOLDING,
AND  EXTRUSION-BLOWN  MOLDING  (EXTRUDED  FOAM POLYSTYRENE). POLYSTYRENE
FOAM IS GENERALLY USED TO MAKE CUPS,  BOWLS,  PLATES,  TRAYS,  CLAMSHELL
CONTAINERS, MEAT TRAYS AND EGG CARTONS.
  8. "RECYCLABLE" MEANS MATERIAL THAT CAN BE SORTED, CLEANSED AND RECON-
STITUTED  USING  AVAILABLE RECYCLING COLLECTION PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF USING THE ALTERED FORM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT. RECYCLING
DOES NOT INCLUDE BURNING, INCINERATING, CONVERTING, OR  OTHERWISE  THER-
MALLY DESTROYING SOLID WASTE.
S  27-2603.  REQUIRED  COMPOSTABLE OR RECYCLABLE DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE
               WARE.
  AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND THEIR CONTRACTORS AND LESSEES SHALL  USE
FOOD  SERVICE WARE MADE FROM MATERIAL, OTHER THAN POLYSTYRENE FOAM, THAT
IS COMPOSTABLE OR RECYCLABLE UNLESS THERE IS NO  AFFORDABLE  COMPOSTABLE
OR  RECYCLABLE  PRODUCT  AVAILABLE.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO GOVERN THE ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTORS AND LESSEES THAT OCCUR
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OR ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTORS OF LESSEES THAT  OCCUR
WITH ENTITIES OTHER THAN AGENCIES OR MUNICIPALITIES.
S 27-2605. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
  ANY  AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, ORDINANCES, OR
LAWS TO TAKE ANY AND ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO  IMPLEMENT  AND
ENFORCE THIS TITLE.
  S  3.  The  department  of  environmental conservation shall conduct a
study on the desirability, feasibility and  environmental  impact  of  a
statewide  prohibition  on  the use of disposable food service ware that

A. 428                              3

contains polystyrene foam. The department shall issue a report  contain-
ing  the  results  of the study to the legislature no later than January
31, 2010.
  S  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections one and two of this act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

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2009-A428A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2832
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 26 §§27-2601 - 27-2605, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A2097, S431
2013-2014: A4973, S3419
2015-2016: A5743, S2493
2017-2018: A1013, A9692, S4168
2019-2020: A4603, S3069

2009-A428A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to food service waste reduction; prohibits the use of polystyrene foam by contractors and lessees who deal with the state through state and municipal contracts.

2009-A428A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A428A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to food service waste reduction

Purpose:  The purpose of the bill is to discourage the use of disposable
Styrofoam food service ware by any person or entity that has a contract
with an agency or municipality, and to study the feasibility of a Styro-
foam ban in New York State

Summary of Provisions:  Requires that any state department, agency,
board, public benefit corporation, public authority, commission, munici-
pality, and their contractors and lessees use food service ware made
from material other than polystyrene foam, unless there is no composta-
ble or recyclable alternative available at a price not more than 15
percent higher.

Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a study
on the desirability, feasibility and environmental impact of a statewide
ban on the use of disposable Styrofoam food service ware.

Effects of Present Law Which This Bill Would Alter:  This bill would add
a new title 26 to Article 27 of the Environmental Conservation Law.

Justification:  Styrofoam is a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially
manufactured from petroleum, a quickly disappearing commodity. Each year

Americans throw away 25,000,000 Styrofoam cups, or 1,369 tons of Styro-
foam products every day. A single Styrofoam cup can take up to 500 years
to fully disintegrate.

Styrofoam is a notorious pollutant that is very difficult to recycle due
to its light weight and low scrap value. It is generally not accepted in
curbside programs, is seldom able to be reused, takes up a considerable
amount of space in landfills, and takes a very long time to fully decom-
pose. Due to the physical properties of Styrofoam, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency states "that such materials can have
serious impact on human health, wildlife, and the aquatic environment,"
because the product breaks down and can clog waterways, or to be mistak-
en for food by wildlife.

One of the components of Styrofoam, styrene is a known hazardous
substance which is a suspected carcinogen and neurotoxin. Many people do
not realize that when they re-heat food in a Styrofoam product using a
microwave, toxins may be released into their food.

This bill would address the environmental impacts of Styrofoam while
allowing for exceptions in cases where there is no viable alternative
product of comparable cost.

Legislative History:  2009: A00428 (Kavanagh) - Passed Assembly 2008:
A11466A (Kavanagh) - Rules

Fiscal Impact on the State: Minimal.

Effective Date:  This act shall take effect immediately provided, howev-
er, that sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the one
hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

2009-A428A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 428--A
                                                         Cal. No. 25

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, GALEF, KOON, LUPARDO, MAGNAREL-
  LI,  MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, SCHIMEL, SPANO, STIRPE, TITONE, ALFANO, ERRI-
  GO, McDONOUGH, TITUS, PAULIN, P. LOPEZ, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M.  of  A.    ARROYO,  BENJAMIN,  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  COOK,
  DelMONTE,  DINOWITZ,  GLICK, GUNTHER, HOOPER, JEFFRIES, McENENY, PHEF-
  FER, REILLY, THIELE, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation -- reported from committee, advanced
  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
  on the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to  food
  service waste reduction

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "food service waste reduction act".
  S  2.  Article  27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
adding a new title 26 to read as follows:

                                TITLE 26
                       FOOD SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION

SECTION 27-2601. DEFINITIONS.
        27-2603. REQUIRED  COMPOSTABLE  OR  RECYCLABLE  DISPOSABLE  FOOD
                   SERVICE WARE.
        27-2605. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.

S 27-2601. DEFINITIONS.
  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD01037-04-0

A. 428--A                           2

  1. "AFFORDABLE" MEANS PURCHASABLE FOR NOT MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN  PERCENT
MORE  THAN  THE  PURCHASE  COST OF THE NON-COMPOSTABLE OR NON-RECYCLABLE
ALTERNATIVE.
  2.  "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION.
  3.    "COMPOSTABLE"  MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCT OR PACKAGE
WILL (A) UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES  DURING  COMPOSTING
TO  YIELD  CARBON  DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND BIOMASS AT A
RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE  NO
VISIBLE,  DISTINGUISHABLE  OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO ADVERSE IMPACT
ON THE ABILITY OF COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT  GROWTH  ONCE  THE  FINISHED
COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL.
  4.  "CONTRACTORS  AND  LESSEES"  MEAN  ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT HAS A
CONTRACT WITH AN AGENCY OR A MUNICIPALITY FOR PUBLIC WORKS  OR  IMPROVE-
MENTS TO BE PERFORMED, FOR A FRANCHISE, CONCESSION OR LEASE OF PROPERTY,
FOR  GRANT  MONIES  OR GOODS AND SERVICES OR SUPPLIES TO BE PURCHASED AT
THE EXPENSE OF THE AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY OR TO BE PAID  OUT  OF  MONIES
DEPOSITED  IN  THE  TREASURY OR OUT OF TRUST MONIES UNDER THE CONTROL OR
COLLECTED BY THE AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY.
  5. "DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE WARE" MEANS ALL CONTAINERS, BOWLS, PLATES,
TRAYS, CARTONS, CUPS, LIDS, STRAWS, FORKS, SPOONS, KNIVES,  NAPKINS  AND
OTHER  ITEMS  THAT  ARE  DESIGNED  FOR  ONE-TIME USE FOR PREPARED FOODS,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SERVICE  WARE  FOR  TAKEOUT  FOODS  AND/OR
LEFTOVERS  FROM  PARTIALLY  CONSUMED MEALS PREPARED BY FOOD VENDORS. THE
TERM "DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE WARE"  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  ITEMS  COMPOSED
ENTIRELY OF ALUMINUM OR POLYSTYRENE FOAM COOLERS AND ICE CHESTS THAT ARE
INTENDED  FOR  REUSE  NOR DOES THIS TERM INCLUDE RECYCLABLE FOOD SERVICE
WARE.
  6. "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS A VILLAGE,  TOWN,  CITY,  OR  COUNTY,  OR  ANY
DESIGNATED AGENCY THEREOF.
  7. "POLYSTYRENE FOAM" MEANS BLOWN POLYSTYRENE AND EXPANDED AND EXTRUD-
ED  FOAMS (SOMETIMES CALLED STYROFOAM TM) WHICH ARE THERMOPLASTIC PETRO-
CHEMICAL MATERIALS UTILIZING A STYRENE  MONOMER  AND  PROCESSED  BY  ANY
NUMBER  OF  TECHNIQUES  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUSION OF POLYMER
SPHERES (EXPANDABLE BEAD POLYSTYRENE), INJECTION MOLDING, FOAM  MOLDING,
AND  EXTRUSION-BLOWN  MOLDING  (EXTRUDED  FOAM POLYSTYRENE). POLYSTYRENE
FOAM IS GENERALLY USED TO MAKE CUPS,  BOWLS,  PLATES,  TRAYS,  CLAMSHELL
CONTAINERS, MEAT TRAYS AND EGG CARTONS.
  8. "RECYCLABLE" MEANS MATERIAL THAT CAN BE SORTED, CLEANSED AND RECON-
STITUTED  USING  AVAILABLE RECYCLING COLLECTION PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF USING THE ALTERED FORM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT. RECYCLING
DOES NOT INCLUDE BURNING, INCINERATING, CONVERTING, OR  OTHERWISE  THER-
MALLY DESTROYING SOLID WASTE.
S  27-2603.  REQUIRED  COMPOSTABLE OR RECYCLABLE DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE
               WARE.
  AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND THEIR CONTRACTORS AND LESSEES SHALL  USE
DISPOSABLE  FOOD SERVICE WARE MADE FROM MATERIAL, OTHER THAN POLYSTYRENE
FOAM, THAT IS COMPOSTABLE OR RECYCLABLE UNLESS THERE  IS  NO  AFFORDABLE
COMPOSTABLE  OR  RECYCLABLE  PRODUCT  AVAILABLE. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION
SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO GOVERN THE ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTORS  AND  LESSEES
THAT  OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OR ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTORS OF LESSEES
THAT OCCUR WITH ENTITIES OTHER THAN AGENCIES OR MUNICIPALITIES.
S 27-2605. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
  ANY AGENCY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, ORDINANCES,  OR
LAWS  TO  TAKE ANY AND ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND
ENFORCE THIS TITLE.

A. 428--A                           3

  S 3. The department of  environmental  conservation  shall  conduct  a
study  on  the  desirability,  feasibility and environmental impact of a
statewide prohibition on the use of disposable food  service  ware  that
contains  polystyrene foam. The department shall issue a report contain-
ing  the results of the study to the legislature no later than the thir-
ty-first of January next succeeding the date on  which  this  act  shall
have become a law.
  S  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections one and two of this act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become a law.

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Michael Benjamin

William Boyland

Alec Brook-Krasny

2009-A428 - Details

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2009-A428 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

William Colton

Sandy Galef

David Koon

Donna Lupardo

multi-Sponsors

Carmen E. Arroyo

Michael Benjamin

William Boyland

Alec Brook-Krasny

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