NY A05072 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees.
Title
Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees.
Sponsors
| Asm. Jo Simon [D] | Asm. Vivian Cook [D] | Asm. Harvey Epstein [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Assembly | referred to environmental conservation |
Same As/Similar To
S01497 (Same As) 2025-01-10 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
