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NY S 6071

in committee

Creates the "Pennies for Parks" program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes a fee on single use plastic carryout bags

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6071 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6071 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

What is NY S 6071 about?

Creates the "Pennies for Parks" program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes fee of five cents on single use carryout bags; establishes the pennies for parks fund to hold funds received from the fee on single use carryout bags.

Who sponsors NY S 6071?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 6071.

Description

Creates the "Pennies for Parks" program providing funds for capital expenditures at state parks and historic sites; imposes fee of five cents on single use carryout bags; establishes the pennies for parks fund to hold funds received from the fee on single use carryout bags.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8508not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1255not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3230not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7963not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6071?summary=&detail=

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