assembly Bill A5082

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits hotels from making available to its hotel guests small plastic bottles containing hospitality personal care products

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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2021 approval memo.101
signed chap.734
Dec 10, 2021 delivered to governor
Apr 26, 2021 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.238
substituted for s543
Apr 20, 2021 referred to environmental conservation
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Mar 25, 2021 advanced to third reading cal.204
Mar 24, 2021 reported
Mar 16, 2021 reported referred to codes
Feb 10, 2021 referred to environmental conservation

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A5082 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S543
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 32 §§27-3201 - 27-3207, En Con L; amd §92-s, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7662, S5282

A5082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits hotels from making available to its hotel guests small plastic bottles containing hospitality personal care products; imposes a monetary penalty for violation of such prohibition after notice, and a hearing or opportunity to be heard.

A5082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5082
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SIMON, EPSTEIN, COOK, STECK, AUBRY,
   NIOU, SEAWRIGHT, FAHY, THIELE, ABINANTI, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, DE LA ROSA,
   BARRON, L. ROSENTHAL,  WEPRIN,  GRIFFIN,  WOERNER,  REYES,  PAULIN  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
   law,  in relation to restricting hotels from making available to hotel
   guests small plastic bottle hospitality personal care products
 
   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
    SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLE HOSPITALITY PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT RESTRICTIONS
 SECTION 27-3201. DEFINITIONS.
         27-3203. SMALL   PLASTIC   BOTTLE   HOSPITALITY   PERSONAL  CARE
                    PRODUCTS.
         27-3205. VIOLATIONS.
         27-3207. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
 § 27-3201. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1. "HOTEL" MEANS A BUILDING OR PORTION OF A BUILDING WHICH IS REGULAR-
 LY USED AND KEPT OPEN AS SUCH FOR THE LODGING OF GUESTS. HOTEL  INCLUDES
 AN  APARTMENT  HOTEL,  A MOTEL OR A BOARDING HOUSE, WHETHER OR NOT MEALS
 ARE SERVED.
   2. "HOSPITALITY PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT" MEANS A PRODUCT PROVIDED  BY  A
 HOTEL  AND  INTENDED  TO  BE APPLIED TO OR USED ON THE HUMAN BODY OR ANY
 PART THEREOF FOR CLEANSING, CONDITIONING, OR MOISTURIZING.   HOSPITALITY
 PERSONAL  CARE  PRODUCT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, SHAMPOO, CONDI-
 TIONER, LOTION, AND LIQUID SOAP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01035-02-1