NY State Senate Bill S6018B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2021	approval memo.144 signed chap.791
Dec 10, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 07, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.132 substituted for a6562a referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 01, 2021	amended on third reading 6018b
May 24, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1287 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 19, 2021	print number 6018a
Apr 19, 2021	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Mar 29, 2021	referred to environmental conservation

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S6018 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6562
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation
Laws Affected:: Amd §6, Chap 63 of 2021

S6018 - Summary

Relates to supermarkets providing excess edible food to food relief organizations.

S6018 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6018

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 963 of the laws of 2021 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess edible
food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the effec-
tiveness of certain provisions thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the environmental conservation law
provisions that facilitate the donation of food from supermarkets to
food relief organizations and diverts edible excess food from landfills
that expires December 31, 2021.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 6 of chapter 63 of the laws of 2021
amending the environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets

providing excess edible food to food relief organizations by extending
the effectiveness of section four to December 31, 2026 at which time it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Hunger is a pervasive problem in America, and has been exacerbated by
the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 2.3 million New Yorkers face hunger
and food insecurity.

In recognition of this, in February 2021, the environmental conservation
law was amended to require retail supermarkets in excess of ten thousand
square feet to make available excess edible food to food relief organ-
izations if requested in writing under certain conditions. While such
supermarkets are required to participate, they are not required to
provide a specific quantity of food or transport and distribute such
food. This law will expire on December 31, 2021.

It was thought, at the time, that the food donation provisions would be
covered by Environmental Conservation Law Article 27- Food Donation and
Food Scraps Law enacted in the 2019 budget, effective as of January 1,
2022. However, this law will only require large food generators that
generate food scraps of two tons (4,000 pounds) or mote each week to
donate excess edible food and recycle all remaining food scraps. While
laudable in its goals, by making this law applicable to large food
generators only (higher educational institutions, hotels, correctional
facilities, large supermarkets and sports or entertainment venues),
local supermarkets in villages, towns, and counties throughout the State
will no longer be required to donate excess edible food as intended by
the law passed in 2021.

This legislation will extend for five years the excess edible food law
passed in 2021 and help ensure continued food donations to local and
community-based food relief organizations while also reducing the amount
of food waste diverted to solid waste landfills.

Making excess food available to local and community-based food relief
organizations will help address food insecurity in our state without
additional costs to participating supermarkets. Additionally; supermar-
kets that make excess food available as outlined in the initial legis-
lation receive the liability protections offered by the federal Bill
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; and section four shall expire
December 31, 2026.

S6018 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6018
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 963 of the laws of 2021  amending  the  environ-
   mental  conservation  law  relating  to  supermarkets providing excess
   edible food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the
   effectiveness of certain provisions thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6 of chapter 63 of the laws of 2021 amending the
 environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess
 edible food to food relief organizations, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
 sections  one,  two, three and four of this act shall take effect on the
 same date and in the same manner as [a] chapter 56 of the laws of 2020[,
 amending the environmental conservation law relating to requiring super-
 markets to  make  excess  food  available  to  qualifying  entities,  as
 proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S.  4176-A and A. 4398-A,] takes
 effect, provided, further, that section four of this  act  shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2021] 2026.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09868-01-1

Co-Sponsors

S6018A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6562
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation
Laws Affected:: Amd §6, Chap 63 of 2021

S6018A - Summary

Relates to supermarkets providing excess edible food to food relief organizations.

S6018A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6018a

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 63 of the laws of 2021 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess edible
food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the effec-
tiveness of certain provisions thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the environmental conservation law
provisions that facilitate the donation of food from supermarkets to
food relief organizations and diverts edible excess food from landfills
that expires December 31, 2021.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 6 of chapter 63 of the laws of 2021
amending the environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets

providing excess edible food to food relief organizations by extending
the effectiveness of section four to December 31, 2028 at which time it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Hunger is a pervasive problem in America, and has been exacerbated by
the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 2.3 million New Yorkers face hunger
and food insecurity. In recognition of this, in February 2021, the envi-
ronmental conservation law was amended to require retail supermarkets in
excess of ten thousand square feet to make available excess edible food
to food relief organizations if requested in writing under certain
conditions. While such supermarkets are required to participate, they
are not required to provide a specific quantity of food or transport and
distribute such food. This law will expire on December 31, 2021. It was
thought, at the time, that the food donation provisions would be covered
by Environmental Conservation Law Article 27-Food Donation and Food
Scraps Law enacted in the 2019 budget, effective as of January 1, 2022.
However, this law will only require large food generators that generate
food scraps of two tons (4,000 pounds) or mote each week to donate
excess edible food and recycle all remaining food scraps. While laudable
in its goals, by making this law applicable to large food generators
only (higher educational institutions, hotels, correctional facilities,
large supermarkets and sports or entertainment venues), local supermar-
kets in villages, towns, and counties throughout the State will no long-
er be required to donate excess edible food as intended by the law
passed in 2021. This legislation will extend for five years the excess
edible food law passed in 2021 and help ensure continued food donations
to local and community-based food relief organizations while also reduc-
ing the amount of food waste diverted to solid waste landfills.

Making excess food available to local and community-based food relief
organizations will help address food insecurity in our state without
additional costs to participating supermarkets. Additionally, supermar-
kets that make excess food available as outlined in the initial legis-

lation receive the liability protections offered by the federal Bill
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; and section four shall expire
December 31, 2026.

S6018A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6018--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 63 of the laws of 2021 amending the environ-
   mental conservation law  relating  to  supermarkets  providing  excess
   edible food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the
   effectiveness of certain provisions thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 63 of the laws of  2021  amending  the
 environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess
 edible food to food relief organizations, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 sections one, two, three and four of this act shall take effect  on  the
 same date and in the same manner as [a] chapter 56 of the laws of 2020[,
 amending the environmental conservation law relating to requiring super-
 markets  to  make  excess  food  available  to  qualifying  entities, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  4176-A and A.  4398-A,]  takes
 effect,  provided,  further,  that section four of this act shall expire
 and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2021] 2026.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09868-04-1

Co-Sponsors

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6562
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation
Laws Affected:: Amd §6, Chap 63 of 2021

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to supermarkets providing excess edible food to food relief organizations.

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6018B

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 63 of the laws of 2021 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess edible
food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the effec-
tiveness of certain provisions thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the environmental conservation law
provisions that facilitate the donation of food from supermarkets to
food relief organizations and diverts edible excess food from landfills
that expires December 31, 2021.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 6 of chapter 63 of the laws of 2021
amending the environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets
providing excess edible food to food relief organizations by extending

the effectiveness of section four to December 31, 2026 at which time it
shall expire and be deemed repealed.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Hunger is a pervasive problem in America, and has been exacerbated by
the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 2.3 million New Yorkers face hunger
and food insecurity. In recognition of this, in February 2021, the envi-
ronmental conservation law was amended to require retail supermarkets in
excess of ten thousand square feet to make available excess edible food
to food relief organizations if requested in writing under certain
conditions. While such supermarkets are required to participate, they
are not required to provide a specific quantity of food or transport and
distribute such food. This law will expire on December 31, 2021.  It was
thought, at the time, that the food donation provisions would be covered
by Environmental Conservation Law Article 27-Food Donation and Food
Scraps Law enacted in the 2019 budget, effective as of January 1, 2022.
However, this law will only require large food generators that generate
food scraps of two tons (4,000 pounds) or more each week to donate
excess edible food and recycle all remaining food scraps. While laudable
in its goals, by making this law applicable to large food generators
only (higher educational institutions, hotels, correctional facilities,
large supermarkets and sports or entertainment venues), local supermar-
kets in villages, towns, and counties throughout the State will no long-
er be required to donate excess edible food as intended by the law
passed in 2021.  This legislation will extend for five years the excess
edible food law passed in 2021 and help ensure continued food donations
to local and community-based food relief organizations while also reduc-
ing the amount of food waste diverted to solid waste landfills.

Making excess food available to local and community-based food relief
organizations will help address food insecurity in our state without
additional costs to participating supermarkets. Additionally, supermar-
kets that make excess food available as outlined in the initial legis-

lation receive the liability protections offered by the federal Bill
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; and section four shall expire
December 31, 2026.

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6018--B
     Cal. No. 1287
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged  and
   said  bill  committed  to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
   order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 63 of the laws of 2021 amending the environ-
   mental conservation law  relating  to  supermarkets  providing  excess
   edible food to food relief organizations, in relation to extending the
   effectiveness of certain provisions thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 63 of the laws of  2021  amending  the
 environmental conservation law relating to supermarkets providing excess
 edible food to food relief organizations, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 sections one, two, three and four of this act shall take effect  on  the
 same  date  and  in  the  same  manner as [a] chapter 352 of the laws of
 2020[, amending the environmental conservation law relating to requiring
 supermarkets to make excess food available to  qualifying  entities,  as
 proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S.  4176-A and A. 4398-A,] takes
 effect, provided, further, that section four of this  act  shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed on December 31, [2021] 2026.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09868-07-1

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Jun 7, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2021

May 24, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 24, 2021

Bill Amendments

S6018 - Details

S6018 - Summary

S6018 - Sponsor Memo

S6018 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S6018A - Details

S6018A - Summary

S6018A - Sponsor Memo

S6018A - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Details

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jun 7, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2021

May 24, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 24, 2021

Bill Amendments

S6018 - Details

S6018 - Summary

S6018 - Sponsor Memo

S6018 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Rachel May

S6018A - Details

S6018A - Summary

S6018A - Sponsor Memo

S6018A - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Rachel May

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Details

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6018B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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