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NY A 6238

in committee

Makes it lawful for a person to possess an open container of alcohol in certain public places

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6238 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6238 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

What is NY A 6238 about?

Permits the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public places; prohibits a municipality from preventing a person twenty-one years of age or older from possessing an alcoholic beverage in an open container in a public place and from consuming an alcoholic beverage in certain public places.

Who sponsors NY A 6238?

Robert C. Carroll is the primary sponsor of NY A 6238, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Permits the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public places; prohibits a municipality from preventing a person twenty-one years of age or older from possessing an alcoholic beverage in an open container in a public place and from consuming an alcoholic beverage in certain public places.

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

  • Robert C. Carrollprimary
  • Tony Simonecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10695not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1381not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1951not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6238?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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