New York S 6907: Clarifies certain provisions related to prohibiting plastic carryout bags

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S06907 Summary:

BILL NOS06907 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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Clarifies certain provisions related to prohibiting plastic carryout bags.

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BILL NOS06907 

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6907

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 clar-
 ifying certain provisions relating to prohibiting plastic carryout
 bags

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, subdivision 2 as amended and
 3 subdivision 7 as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 27-2701. Definitions.
 6 As used in this title:
 7 1. "Compostable plastic bag" means a plastic bag that at a minimum
 8 meets the American Society for Testing and Materials standard D6400 for
 9 compostable plastic, as amended.
 10 2. "Manufacturer" means the producer of a plastic carryout bag or
 11 other film plastic sold to a store or the manufacturer's agent or broker
 12 who sold the plastic carryout bag or other film plastic to the store.
 13 3. "Operator" means a person in control of, or having daily responsi-
 14 bility for, the daily operation of a store, which may include, but is
 15 not limited to, the owner of the store.
 16 4. "Plastic carryout bag" means a [plastic] carryout bag made of film
 17 plastic of any thickness provided by a store to a customer at the point
 18 of sale that is not a reusable bag.
 19 5. "Reusable bag" means a bag designed and manufactured for multiple
 20 reuse that:
 21 (a) [a bag] is either made of [cloth] (i) hand washable or [other]
 22 machine washable cloth or fabric [that has handles], including cotton,
 23 jute, canvas, woven or nonwoven polypropylene (PP), polyethylene-tereph-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11168-01-5

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 1 thalate (PET), polyester, or nylon fabric, as well as fabric blends
 2 that include any such materials; or
 3 [(b) a durable plastic bag with handles that is specifically designed
 4 and manufactured for multiple reuse] (ii) other non-film plastic washa-
 5 ble material; and
 6 (b) has at least one strap or handle that does not stretch and allows
 7 the bag to meet the strength and durability standards provided in para-
 8 graphs (c) and (d) of this subdivision;
 9 (c) has a minimum lifespan of one hundred twenty-five uses, with a use
 10 equal to the ability to carry a minimum of twenty-two pounds over a
 11 distance of at least one hundred seventy-five feet; and
 12 (d) has a minimum fabric weight of eighty grams per square meter
 13 ("GSM") or equivalent for bags made of cotton, jute, canvas, or any
 14 non-film plastic, including woven or nonwoven polypropylene (PP), polye-
 15 thylene-terephthalate (PET), polyester, nylon, or fabric blends.
 16 6. "Store" means a retail establishment that provides plastic carryout
 17 bags to its customers as a result of the sale of a product or provided
 18 such bags any time prior to March first, two thousand twenty and (a) has
 19 over ten thousand square feet of retail space, or (b) such retail estab-
 20 lishment is part of a chain engaged in the same general field of busi-
 21 ness which operates five or more units of over five thousand square feet
 22 of retail space in this state under common ownership and management.
 23 7. "Film plastic" means [uncontaminated non-rigid film plastic packag-
 24 ing products composed of plastic resins, which include,] a flexible
 25 sheet or sheets of petroleum or non-petroleum-based plastic resin or