STATE OF NEW YORK
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1260
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
limiting tinted green and brown to compostable plastic bags for the
purposes of bag waste reduction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 27-2801 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the
3 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. "Exempt bag" means a bag: (a) used solely to contain or wrap
5 uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer solely to
6 package bulk items such as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
7 bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order; (d) bags
8 used solely to contain a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
9 bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale; (f) trash bags;
10 (g) food storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
11 to a customer; (j) plastic carryout bags provided by a restaurant,
12 tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined in the state
13 sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k) bags provided by a
14 pharmacy to carry prescription drugs; provided however, that an exempt
15 bag shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable plas-
16 tic bag as defined in subdivision one of section 27-2701 of this
17 article.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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