Bill Text: NY S07345 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7345 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the "NY plastic free act"; prohibits the sale or distribution of single-use plastic products in the state; defines terms; provides exceptions for persons with medical conditions and single-use plastic bags for garbage collection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S07345 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07345-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7345

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
          vation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          enacting the "NY plastic free act"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "NY plastic free act".
     3    § 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
     4  adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE 34
     6                             NY PLASTIC FREE ACT
     7  Section 27-3401. Definition.
     8          27-3403. Single-use plastic products prohibited.
     9  § 27-3401. Definition.
    10    For  the  purposes  of this title, "single-use plastic products" shall
    11  include:
    12    1. plastic bags;
    13    2. cling film plastic food packaging;
    14    3. non-recyclable plastic bottles;
    15    4. plastic straws;
    16    5. plastic plates,  non-reusable  plastic  containers,  plastic  cups,
    17  plastic lids, and plastic stirrers;
    18    6. plastic cutlery;
    19    7. plastic rings used in packaging;
    20    8.  styrofoam  plates,  styrofoam  take-away  containers and styrofoam
    21  trays; and
    22    9. any other single-use plastic products determined to be included  by
    23  the department.
    24  § 27-3403. Single-use plastic products prohibited.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08110-01-3

        S. 7345                             2

     1    1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
     2  ny  or corporation shall sell or offer for sale or provide to any person
     3  in the state any single-use plastic products.
     4    2. This section shall not apply to:
     5    (a)  the purchase of plastic straws for a person requiring such straws
     6  due to a medical condition;
     7    (b) the purchase of single-use plastic bags  for  garbage  collection;
     8  and
     9    (c) single-use plastic medical equipment.
    10    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.