NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7507A

Senate Bill S7507A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Bans paper receipts for certain purchases and requiring businesses to provide proof of purchase electronically

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 29, 2025	reported and committed to commerce, economic development and small business
Apr 22, 2025	print number 7507a
Apr 22, 2025	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Apr 21, 2025	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- Apr 29, 2025 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S7507A
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Apr 29, 2025
      
      aye (8)
      
      Bynoe
      
      Fahy
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kavanagh
      
      May
      
      Serrano
      
      nay (3)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Palumbo
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

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2025-S7507 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 16 §§27-1601 - 27-1607, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6090
2021-2022: S771
2023-2024: S7940

2025-S7507 - Summary

Bans paper receipts for certain purchases; requires businesses to provide proof of purchase electronically, unless a proof of purchase is otherwise required by state or federal law.

2025-S7507 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7507

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
banning paper receipts for certain purchases and requiring businesses to
provide proof of purchases electronically

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would help conserve resources and reduce the generation of
single-use paper receipts.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill would add a new section 27-1601 to the environ-
mental conservation law (ECL) requiring after January 1, 2028, for a
paper receipt to be provided to a consumer by a business only at the
consumer's option. Violations of this section shall be punishable by $20
per violation following a warning, not to exceed $300 annually.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Many shoppers find paper receipts unnecessary and discard them before
they even leave the store. Businesses have started to take steps to
address unnecessary paper receipts by looking at different applications
that allow for the electronic transmission of receipts.  This new tech-
nology has allowed consumers to receive their receipt through either a
text message or an e-mail. The applications are more convenient and
better for the environment.

In the United States, paper receipt production uses an estimated 12.4
million trees, 13.2 billion gallons of water, and emits 4 billion pounds
of CO2 each year. Point-of-sale receipts are also so thin that they
rarely contain any recycled materials. Requiring consumers to request a
paper receipt is intended to reduce the number of paper receipts gener-
ated, which will conserve the resources needed to make the receipts and
reduce unnecessary paper waste. While recycling is vital to the environ-
ment, it is even more important for New York to make progress towards
reducing single-use materials.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S7940 - Died in Environmental Conservation.

2021-2022: S771- Died in Environmental Conservation.

2019-2020: S6090 - Died in Environmental Conservation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7507 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7507
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   banning  paper receipts for certain purchases and requiring businesses
   to provide proof of purchases electronically

   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 16 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 16
                          PAPER RECEIPT REDUCTION
 SECTION 27-1601. DEFINITIONS.
         27-1603. PAPER RECEIPT BAN.
         27-1605. VIOLATIONS.
         27-1607. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
 § 27-1601. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1.  "BUSINESS"  MEANS A COMPANY THAT ACCEPTS PAYMENT THROUGH CREDIT OR
 DEBIT TRANSACTIONS. "BUSINESS" DOES NOT INCLUDE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
   2. "CONSUMER" MEANS A PERSON WHO PURCHASES, AND  DOES  NOT  OFFER  FOR
 RESALE, FOOD, ALCOHOL, OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR SERVICES.
   3.  "ELECTRONIC  FORM"  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS NOT LIMITED TO, A FORM SENT
 THROUGH EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE.
   4. "INVOICE" MEANS AN ITEMIZED LIST  OF  GOODS  OR  SERVICES  PROVIDED
 BEFORE  OR AFTER THE POINT OF SALE THROUGH A CONTRACT STATING THE AMOUNT
 DUE.
   5. "PROOF OF PURCHASE" MEANS A RECEIPT FOR THE RETAIL  SALE  OF  FOOD,
 ALCOHOL,  OR  OTHER  TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR FOR THE PROVISION OF
 SERVICES, PROVIDED AT THE  POINT  OF  SALE,  BUT  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  AN
 INVOICE.
 § 27-1603. PAPER RECEIPT BAN.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11707-01-5

 S. 7507                             2
 
   1.  ON  AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, A PROOF OF
 PURCHASE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO A CONSUMER  BY  A  BUSINESS  ONLY  AT  THE
 CONSUMER'S  OPTION,  UNLESS A PROOF OF PURCHASE IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO
 BE GIVEN TO THE CONSUMER BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   2.  ON  AND  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, A PAPER
 PROOF OF PURCHASE SHALL NOT BE PRINTED  IF  THE  CONSUMER  OPTS  TO  NOT
 RECEIVE  A  PROOF  OF  PURCHASE,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY STATE OR
 FEDERAL LAW.
   3. (A) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, IF A  CONSUMER
 OPTS  TO RECEIVE A PROOF OF PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE PROOF OF PURCHASE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC  FORM  OR
 PAPER FORM, AT THE CONSUMER'S OPTION, UNLESS A PRESCRIBED FORM IS OTHER-
 WISE REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A BUSINESS IS
 NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC  PROOF  OF  PURCHASE  IF,  DUE  TO
 LIMITED INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, A POWER OUTAGE, OR OTHER UNEXPECTED TECH-
 NICAL  DIFFICULTIES,  THE BUSINESS IS INCAPABLE OF SENDING AN ELECTRONIC
 PROOF OF PURCHASE.
 § 27-1605. VIOLATIONS.
   1. ANY BUSINESS WHO SHALL VIOLATE ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  TITLE  SHALL
 RECEIVE  A WARNING NOTICE FOR THE FIRST SUCH VIOLATION. A BUSINESS SHALL
 BE LIABLE TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWENTY DOLLARS
 FOR EACH VIOLATION AFTER RECEIVING A WARNING, BUT SUCH  PENALTIES  SHALL
 NOT  TO  EXCEED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY. A HEARING OR OPPORTUNITY
 TO BE HEARD SHALL BE PROVIDED PRIOR  TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  OF  ANY  CIVIL
 PENALTY.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
 ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
 § 27-1607. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
   JURISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING  TO  PAPER  PROOF  OF  PURCHASE
 RESTRICTIONS IS VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7507A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 16 §§27-1601 - 27-1607, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6090
2021-2022: S771
2023-2024: S7940

2025-S7507A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Bans paper receipts for certain purchases; requires businesses to provide proof of purchase electronically, unless a proof of purchase is otherwise required by state or federal law.

2025-S7507A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7507A

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
banning paper receipts for certain purchases and requiring businesses to
provide proof of purchases electronically

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would help conserve resources and reduce the generation of
single-use paper receipts.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill would add a new section 27-1601 to the environ-
mental conservation law (ECL) requiring after January 1, 2028, for a
paper receipt to be provided to a consumer by a business only at the
consumer's option. Violations of this section shall be punishable by $20
per violation following a warning, not to exceed $300 annually.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Many shoppers find paper receipts unnecessary and discard them before
they even leave the store. Businesses have started to take steps to
address unnecessary paper receipts by looking at different applications
that allow for the electronic transmission of receipts.  This new tech-
nology has allowed consumers to receive their receipt through either a
text message or an e-mail. The applications are more convenient and
better for the environment.

In the United States, paper receipt production uses an estimated 12.4
million trees, 13.2 billion gallons of water, and emits 4 billion pounds
of CO2 each year. Point-of-sale receipts are also so thin that they
rarely contain any recycled materials. Requiring consumers to request a
paper receipt is intended to reduce the number of paper receipts gener-
ated, which will conserve the resources needed to make the receipts and
reduce unnecessary paper waste. While recycling is vital to the environ-
ment, it is even more important for New York to make progress towards
reducing single-use materials.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S7940 - Died in Environmental Conservation.

2021-2022: S771 - Died in Environmental Conservation.

2019-2020: S6090 - Died in Environmental Conservation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7507A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7507--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   banning paper receipts for certain purchases and requiring  businesses
   to provide proof of purchases electronically
 
   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 16 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 16
                          PAPER RECEIPT REDUCTION
 SECTION 27-1601. DEFINITIONS.
         27-1603. PAPER RECEIPT BAN.
         27-1605. VIOLATIONS.
         27-1607. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
 § 27-1601. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1. "BUSINESS" MEANS A COMPANY THAT ACCEPTS PAYMENT THROUGH  CREDIT  OR
 DEBIT TRANSACTIONS. "BUSINESS" DOES NOT INCLUDE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
   2.  "CONSUMER"  MEANS  A  PERSON WHO PURCHASES, AND DOES NOT OFFER FOR
 RESALE, FOOD, ALCOHOL, OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR SERVICES.
   3. "ELECTRONIC FORM" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED  TO,  A  FORM  SENT
 THROUGH EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE.
   4.  "INVOICE"  MEANS  AN  ITEMIZED  LIST OF GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED
 BEFORE OR AFTER THE POINT OF SALE THROUGH A CONTRACT STATING THE  AMOUNT
 DUE.
   5.  "PROOF  OF  PURCHASE" MEANS A RECEIPT FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF FOOD,
 ALCOHOL, OR OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11707-02-5
 S. 7507--A                          2

 
 SERVICES,  PROVIDED  AT  THE  POINT  OF  SALE,  BUT  DOES NOT INCLUDE AN
 INVOICE.
 § 27-1603. PAPER RECEIPT BAN.
   1.  ON  AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, A PROOF OF
 PURCHASE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO A CONSUMER  BY  A  BUSINESS  ONLY  AT  THE
 CONSUMER'S  OPTION,  UNLESS A PROOF OF PURCHASE IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO
 BE GIVEN TO THE CONSUMER BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   2. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-EIGHT,  A  PAPER
 PROOF  OF  PURCHASE  SHALL  NOT  BE  PRINTED IF THE CONSUMER OPTS TO NOT
 RECEIVE A PROOF OF PURCHASE,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY  STATE  OR
 FEDERAL LAW.
   3.  (A) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, IF A CONSUMER
 OPTS TO RECEIVE A PROOF OF PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  PROOF OF PURCHASE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC FORM OR
 PAPER FORM, AT THE CONSUMER'S OPTION, UNLESS A PRESCRIBED FORM IS OTHER-
 WISE REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A  BUSINESS  IS
 NOT  REQUIRED  TO  PROVIDE  AN  ELECTRONIC  PROOF OF PURCHASE IF, DUE TO
 LIMITED INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, A POWER OUTAGE, OR OTHER UNEXPECTED TECH-
 NICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE BUSINESS IS INCAPABLE OF SENDING  AN  ELECTRONIC
 PROOF OF PURCHASE.
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, FOR
 BUSINESSES WITH A GROSS REVENUE OF FIVE  MILLION  DOLLARS  PER  YEAR  OR
 LESS, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO.
 § 27-1605. VIOLATIONS.
   1. ANY BUSINESS WHO SHALL VIOLATE ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  TITLE  SHALL
 RECEIVE  A WARNING NOTICE FOR THE FIRST SUCH VIOLATION. A BUSINESS SHALL
 BE LIABLE TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWENTY DOLLARS
 FOR EACH VIOLATION AFTER RECEIVING A WARNING, BUT SUCH  PENALTIES  SHALL
 NOT  TO  EXCEED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY. A HEARING OR OPPORTUNITY
 TO BE HEARD SHALL BE PROVIDED PRIOR  TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  OF  ANY  CIVIL
 PENALTY.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
 ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
 § 27-1607. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
   JURISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING  TO  PAPER  PROOF  OF  PURCHASE
 RESTRICTIONS  AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS  TITLE  IS VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
 STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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