senate Bill S7812

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8754 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 24, 2022 signed chap.43
delivered to governor
Jan 26, 2022 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.176
substituted for s7812
Jan 26, 2022 substituted by a8754
Jan 18, 2022 ordered to third reading cal.176
Jan 12, 2022 referred to rules

Votes

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Jan 26, 2022 - floor Vote

A8754
58
4
floor
58
Aye
4
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jan 26, 2022

aye (58)
nay (4)
excused (1)

Jan 18, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

S7812
18
1
committee
18
Aye
1
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jan 18, 2022

aye (18)
nay (1)
aye wr (2)

S7812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8754
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2218, En Con L

S7812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement to include the requirement that they generate an annual average of less than two tons per week of food scraps.

S7812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7812
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible
   food requirement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  27-2218  of  the  environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter 63 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  For  the  purpose  of this section, "supermarket" means a physical
 retail store which has at the subject location more  than  ten  thousand
 square  feet  devoted to offering food for human consumption for sale to
 the general public AND GENERATES AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF LESS THAN TWO TONS
 PER WEEK OF FOOD SCRAPS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  27-2201
 OF THIS TITLE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending chapter 63 of the laws
 of 2021 amending the environmental conservation law relating  to  super-
 markets  providing  excess  edible  food  to  food relief organizations,
 relating to extending the effectiveness of certain  provisions  thereof,
 as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6018-B and A. 6562-A, takes
 effect; provided, however, the amendments to subdivision  1  of  section
 27-2218  of  the  environmental  conservation law made by section one of
 this act shall not affect the expiration of such section  and  shall  be
 deemed to expire therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09868-08-2

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