Senate Bill S1492

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to plastic carryout bags provided by restaurants

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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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2025-S1492 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2801, En Con L

2025-S1492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the exemption for restaurants, taverns or similar food service establishments from the New York state bag waste reduction act.

2025-S1492 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1492
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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 plas-
   tic carryout bags provided by restaurants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  27-2801 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 58  of  the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Exempt  bag"  means  a  bag:  (a)  used solely to contain or wrap
 uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer  solely  to
 package  bulk  items  such  as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
 bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order;  (d)  bags
 used  solely  to  contain  a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
 bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale;  (f)  trash  bags;
 (g)  food  storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
 to a customer; OR (j) [plastic carryout bags provided by  a  restaurant,
 tavern  or  similar  food service establishment, as defined in the state
 sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k)] bags provided  by  a
 pharmacy to carry prescription drugs.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00520-01-5

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