Assembly Bill A4398

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities

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  • 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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2019-A4398 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4176
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 28 §§27-2801 - 27-2805, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7936, S8993

2019-A4398 - Summary

Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities.

2019-A4398 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4398
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring supermarkets to make excess  food  available  to  qualifying
   entities
 
   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 28 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 28
                              EXCESS FOOD ACT
 SECTION 27-2801. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         27-2802. DEFINITIONS.
         27-2803. AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT.
         27-2804. CONSTRUCTION.
         27-2805. ENFORCEMENT.
 § 27-2801. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
   SIXTY TO ONE HUNDRED MILLION TONS OF EDIBLE FOOD IN THE UNITED  STATES
 IS  DISCARDED,  PRIMARILY  TO  SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS. AN ESTIMATED FIFTY
 MILLION AMERICANS, INCLUDING NEARLY SIXTEEN  MILLION  CHILDREN,  DO  NOT
 HAVE  SUFFICIENT  FOOD. AN ESTIMATED 2.8 MILLION NEW YORKERS FACE HUNGER
 AND FOOD INSECURITY. DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC WASTE  ACCOUNTS  FOR  OVER
 FIFTEEN  PERCENT  OF  OUR NATION'S EMISSIONS OF METHANE, A POTENT GREEN-
 HOUSE GAS. THIS LEGISLATION IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE  FOOD  DONATIONS  TO
 FOOD  BANKS  AND  OTHER PROVIDERS WHO FEED THE NEEDY WHILE REDUCING FOOD
 WASTE IN SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS WHICH CREATE DANGEROUS EMISSIONS.
 § 27-2802. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   1. "EXCESS FOOD" MEANS EDIBLE FOOD THAT IS  NOT  SOLD  OR  USED  BY  A
 SUPERMARKET AND IS STILL SAFE TO BE CONSUMED BUT IS BEING DISPOSED OF BY
 THE  SUPERMARKET  DUE  TO LABELING, APPEARANCE, SURPLUS OR OTHER SIMILAR

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

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2019-A4398A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4176
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 28 §§27-2801 - 27-2805, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7936, S8993

2019-A4398A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities.

2019-A4398A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4398--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring supermarkets to make excess  food  available  to  qualifying
   entities
 
   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 30 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 30
                              EXCESS FOOD ACT
 SECTION 27-3001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         27-3002. DEFINITIONS.
         27-3003. AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT.
         27-3004. CONSTRUCTION.
         27-3005. ENFORCEMENT.
 § 27-3001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
   AN ESTIMATED FIFTY MILLION AMERICANS, INCLUDING NEARLY SIXTEEN MILLION
 CHILDREN, DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FOOD.  AN  ESTIMATED  2.8  MILLION  NEW
 YORKERS FACE HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY. THIS LEGISLATION IS DESIGNED TO
 INCREASE  FOOD  DONATIONS TO FOOD BANKS AND OTHER PROVIDERS WHO FEED THE
 NEEDY WHILE REDUCING FOOD WASTE IN SOLID WASTE  LANDFILLS  WHICH  CREATE
 DANGEROUS EMISSIONS.
 § 27-3002. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   1.  "EXCESS  FOOD"  MEANS  EDIBLE  FOOD  THAT IS NOT SOLD OR USED BY A
 SUPERMARKET AND IS STILL SAFE TO BE CONSUMED BUT IS BEING DISPOSED OF BY
 THE SUPERMARKET DUE TO LABELING, APPEARANCE, SURPLUS  OR  OTHER  SIMILAR
 CONDITIONS.  "EXCESS  FOOD"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE: UNPACKAGED FRESH MEAT,

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

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