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NY S 5684

in committee

Relates to returnable bottles; repealer

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5684 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5684 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 5684 about?

Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

Who sponsors NY S 5684?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 5684, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary
  • April Baskincosponsor
  • Erik Bottchercosponsor
  • Jabari Brisportcosponsor
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor
  • Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor
  • Pete Harckhamcosponsor
  • Michelle Hincheycosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • Brian Kavanaghcosponsor
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor
  • Jessica Ramoscosponsor
  • Gustavo Riveracosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • James Sanders Jr.cosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor
  • José M. Serranocosponsor
  • Sam Suttoncosponsor
  • Lea Webbcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2129not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5028not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 9164not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 237not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6543

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5684?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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