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A01692 Summary:

BILL NOA01692 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04059

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRGlick, Paulin, Simon, Kelles, Dinowitz, Shimsky, Levenberg, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3405, En Con; add §399-tt, Gen Bus L

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Provides that restaurants and third-party food delivery services may provide single-use food service items to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits certain plastic single-use items.

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BILL NOA01692 

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01/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1692

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, PAULIN, SIMON, KELLES, DINOW-
 ITZ, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the general busi-
 ness law, in relation to prohibitions on single-use food service items
 at restaurants and third-party food delivery services

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

 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 34
 4 SINGLE-USE FOOD SERVICE
 5 ITEMS
 6 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 7 27-3403. Single-use food service items.
 8 27-3405. Enforcement.
 9 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 10 1. "Beverage splash stick" means a device primarily intended to be
 11 used to keep heat and liquid from escaping a lidded cup.
 12 2. "Beverage stirrer" means a device primarily intended for stirring
 13 beverages.
 14 3. "Condiment pack" means an individual single-use container, sealed
 15 by the manufacturer or a restaurant, containing a condiment.
 16 4. "Plastic" means a synthetic material made from organic polymers.
 17 5. "Restaurant" means any diner or other eating or beverage establish-
 18 ment, which offers for sale food or beverages to the public, guests,
 19 members, or patrons, whether consumption occurs on or off the premises.
 20 6. "Single-use food service items" shall mean any eating utensil or
 21 other item used as part of food or beverage service that is designed and
 22 intended by the manufacturer for only one use before being discarded
 23 including, but not limited to condiment packs, forks, spoons, sporks,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04405-01-5

 A. 1692 2

 1 knives, chopsticks, beverage straws, cocktail sticks, toothpicks, non-
 2 plastic beverage splash sticks, non-plastic beverage stirrers, napkins,
 3 wet wipes, cup sleeves, beverage trays, beverage lids, empty plates,
 4 empty bowls, and empty cups. For purposes of this title, single-use food
 5 service items shall not include: (a) a plastic beverage stirrer or a
 6 plastic beverage splash stick as defined in this section; or (b)
 7 containers actively holding food or beverages for dine-in or take-away
 8 customers, such as plates, bowls, and cups.
 9 7. "Third-party food delivery service" shall have the same meaning as
 10 section three hundred ninety-one-v of the general business law.
 11 § 27-3403. Single-use food service items.
 12 1. (a) Restaurants and third-party food delivery services shall only
 13 provide single-use food service items to customers when explicitly
 14 requested by the customer. Restaurants and third-party food delivery
 15 services shall provide options to allow a customer to request single-use
 16 food service items upon submission of an order. Such options shall be
 17 available for all methods of ordering, including but not limited to
 18 phone, internet, or mobile phone application orders. The default
 19 selected options shall be that no single-use food service items are
 20 requested.
 21 (b) No inquiry into the reason for the request shall be made by a
 22 restaurant, third-party food delivery service, or any of its employees
 23 in carry