Bill Commons

NY S 1706

in committee

Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles and requires the installation of water bottle filling stations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 1706 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1706 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

What is NY S 1706 about?

Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles; authorizes the commissioner of the office of general services to enter into contracts for the installation of water bottle filling stations in state buildings; provides for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles under certain circumstances; requires each state agency to submit a report to the state procurement council and to the New York state climate action council containing a summary of the steps they have taken to comply with the directive.

Who sponsors NY S 1706?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 1706.

Description

Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles; authorizes the commissioner of the office of general services to enter into contracts for the installation of water bottle filling stations in state buildings; provides for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles under certain circumstances; requires each state agency to submit a report to the state procurement council and to the New York state climate action council containing a summary of the steps they have taken to comply with the directive.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8361not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1706?summary=&detail=

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