A5072 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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
- Relates to the paper carryout bag reduction fee
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Environmental Conservation
- Introduced
- 2025-02-12
- Same as
- S1497
- Law section
- Environmental Conservation Law
Sponsors
- Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member, District 52
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Environmental Conservation NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S1497 (2025-26 session) NY State bill