New York A 1679: Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program

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A01679 Summary:

BILL NOA01679 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00759

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SPONSORShimsky

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27-2201, En Con L; amd §4, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.5331-A & A.5906-A)

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Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto.

Go to top A01679 Actions:

BILL NOA01679 

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01/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/22/2025reported referred to rules

01/22/2025reported 

01/22/2025rules report cal.55

01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.55

02/03/2025substituted by s759

&nbspS00759 AMEND= HARCKHAM

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.34

&nbsp01/14/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/14/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp02/03/2025substituted for a1679

&nbsp02/03/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.55

&nbsp02/12/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/12/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/12/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/14/2025SIGNED CHAP.80

Go to topA01679 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:24/6 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

EpsteinAyeSlaterAye

McMahonAyeBaileyNay

BurdickAyeSempolinskiAye

LunsfordAye

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

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Go to topA01679 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1679

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; and to
 amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the environmental conser-
 vation law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps
 recycling program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5331-A
 and A. 5906-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

 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 27-2201 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
 3 the environmental conservation law relating to expanding the food
 4 donation and food scraps recycling program, as proposed in legislative
 5 bills numbers S. 5331-A and A. 5906-A, is amended to read as follows:
 6 1. "Designated food scraps generator" means a person who generates at
 7 a single location an annual average of two tons per week or more of food
 8 scraps between January first, two thousand twenty-three and December
 9 thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-six, an annual average
 10 of one ton per week or more of food scraps between January first, two
 11 thousand [twenty-six] twenty-seven and December thirty-first, two thou-
 12 sand [twenty-seven] twenty-eight, and an annual average of one-half ton
 13 per week or more of food scraps beginning January first, two thousand
 14 [twenty-eight] twenty-nine and thereafter based on a methodology estab-
 15 lished by the department pursuant to regulations, including, supermar-
 16 kets, large food service businesses, higher educational institutions,
 17 hotels, food processors, correctional facilities, and sports or enter-
 18 tainment venues. For a location with multiple independent food service
 19 businesses, such