New York A 9354: Requires certain manufacturers to sell and distribute plastic beverage containers with tethered plastic beverage caps

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A09354 Summary:

BILL NOA09354A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08600-A

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SPONSORColton

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Kassay, Magnarelli, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 10-A §§27-1051 - 27-1057, En Con L

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Requires manufacturers with gross annual beverage sale revenues of ten million dollars or more, beginning January 1, 2030, to sell and distribute plastic beverage containers with tethered plastic beverage caps or openings from which the beverage can be consumed while the plastic beverage cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the plastic beverage container; requires manufacturers with gross annual beverage sale revenues of one million dollars or more to comply by January 1, 2033.

Go to top A09354 Actions:

BILL NOA09354A

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12/19/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

05/14/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

05/14/2026print number 9354a

05/20/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA09354 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:20/8 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

McMahonAyeSlaterNay

BurdickAyeBaileyNay

LunsfordAyeSempolinskiNay

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoExcused

LeeExcused

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

KayAye

Go to topA09354 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA09354 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9354--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ROSENTHAL, KASSAY, MAGNARELLI, GALLAGHER
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
 tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 requiring certain manufacturers to sell and distribute plastic bever-
 age containers with tethered plastic beverage caps

 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 10-A to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 10-A
 4 TETHERED PLASTIC BEVERAGE CAP COMPLIANCE
 5 Section 27-1051. Definitions.
 6 27-1053. Plastic beverage caps.
 7 27-1055. Manufacturer compliance.
 8 27-1057. Enforcement and penalties.
 9 § 27-1051. Definitions.
 10 As used in this title:
 11 1. "Plastic beverage container" means any individual bottle, can, jar,
 12 carton, or other container that is comprised wholly or in large part of
 13 plastic that contains a beverage. The term "plastic beverage container"
 14 shall not include a bottle, jar, carton, or container that is composed
 15 wholly or primarily of non-plastic materials but that contains a bever-
 16 age and a plastic beverage cap or a cup or other similar open or loosely
 17 sealed container.
 18 2. "Beverage" means any of the following products that are in liquid,
 19 ready-to-drink form and are intended for human consumption: beer, cider,
 20 spirits, wine, and wine products, as such terms are defined by section

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14073-05-6

 A. 9354--A 2

 1 three of the alcoholic beverage control law; malt beverages; carbonated
 2 and noncarbonated water; sports drinks; carbonated and noncarbonated
 3 soft drinks and fruit drinks; coffee and tea drinks; milk and dairy
 4 products; and fruit and vegetable juice.
 5 3. "Manufacturer" means a person that bottles or otherwise packages
 6 beverage held in a plastic beverage container, or whose brand name is
 7 affixed to a plastic beverage container sold, offered for sale, or
 8 distributed for sale in the state; or the importer or first domestic
 9 distributor of such plastic beverage container, or a person through
 10 contract or control of anothe