New York S 3993: Allows certain reusable beverage containers in sports venues

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S03993 Summary:

BILL NOS03993 

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Add §391-r, Gen Bus L

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Allows certain reusable beverage containers in sports venues.

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3993

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to allowing
 certain reusable beverage containers in sports venues

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 391-r to read as follows:
 3 § 391-r. Reusable beverage containers in sports venues. 1. For
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "reusable beverage container" means a drinking vessel that is
 7 composed primarily of aluminum or stainless steel, and is designed and
 8 manufactured to be capable of multiple reuses, including a bottle or
 9 cup.
 10 (b) "sports venue" means a building, structure, or place in which
 11 professional or collegiate sporting competitions are held.
 12 2. A sports venue shall not prohibit an individual attending any
 13 professional or collegiate sporting competition in such sports venue
 14 from bringing a reusable beverage container into the sports venue;
 15 provided, however:
 16 (a) a sports venue may require that reusable beverage containers be
 17 empty upon entering the sports venue;
 18 (b) a sports venue may require that the reusable beverage container
 19 not contain a cap; and
 20 (c) a sports venue may restrict reusable beverage containers capable
 21 of holding more than twenty-four fluid ounces.
 22 3. Any sports venue that violates this section or any rule promulgated
 23 pursuant thereto shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five
 24 hundred dollars for the first violation, and seven hundred fifty dollars
 25 for any subsequent violation.
 26 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 27 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06229-01-5

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