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NY A 5072

in committee

Relates to the paper carryout bag reduction fee

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 5072 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5072 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 A 5072 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 5072?

Jo Anne Simon is the primary sponsor of NY A 5072, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

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.

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

  • Jo Anne Simonprimary
  • Vivian Cookcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7364not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2447not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3803not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1497

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5072?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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