NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3840

Senate Bill S3840

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in certain state parks

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 30, 2025	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

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2025-S3840 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:: Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S7463
2023-2024: S2444

2025-S3840 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in state parks managed by such office.

2025-S3840 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3840

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to requiring the office of parks, recreation and historic pres-
ervation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in
certain state parks

 
PURPOSE:

To prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in all state
parks managed by the Office of Parks, Recreation, Historic Preservation.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends § 3.09 of the parks, recreation, and
historic preservation law, prohibiting the sale of single use plastic
water bottles in state parks managed by the Office of Parks, Recreation,
Historic Preservation.

Section two provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The state should take proactive steps to mitigate its carbon footprint.
Prohibiting state parks from selling single-use plastic bottles is a
simple, straight-forward approach to reducing our carbon footprint and
curbing plastic pollution in natural areas and waterways. This bill
carries no direct fiscal implications to the state, however some state
parks may choose to install reusable water bottle refilling stations or
water fountains as an alternate source of hydration.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.2444 of 2023-2024 (Hoylman-Sigal): Died in Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation

S.7463 of 2021-2022 (Reichlin-Melnick):Died in Rules

A.8435 of 2021-2022 (Fahy): Died in Tourism, Arts and Sports

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law and shall apply to all contracts entered into,
renewed or modified on and after the effective date of this act.

2025-S3840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3840
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural
   Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  the  office of parks, recreation and historic
   preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water  bottles
   in certain state parks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  PROHIBIT  THE  SALE  OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN STATE
 PARKS MANAGED BY THE OFFICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall  apply  to  all  contracts  entered
 into, renewed or modified on and after the effective date of this act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07361-01-5

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal