New York A 6543: Relates to a state council on developmental disabilities

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A06543 Summary:

BILL NOA06543 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05684

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRSimon, Dinowitz, Rosenthal, Gallagher, Ramos, Paulin, Carroll R, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simone, Reyes,
 Rivera, Colton, Burdick, De Los Santos, Shimsky, Steck, Alvarez, Raga, Levenberg, Bores, Stirpe,
 Lunsford, Hevesi, Sayegh, Kim, Zinerman, Shrestha, Otis, Taylor, Bichotte Hermelyn, Forrest, Clark,
 Bronson, Seawright, Kelles, Lucas, McMahon, Weprin, Meeks, Mitaynes, Tapia, Lee, Davila, Gibbs,
 Kassay, Lasher, Kay, Stern, Lavine, Torres, Brown K, Cruz, Schiavoni, Romero, Valdez, McDonald,
 Wright, Walker, Jackson, Barrett, Moreno, Powers

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§27-1003, 27-1005, 27-1007, 27-1011, 27-1012, 27-1013, 27-1014 & 27-1018; rpld §27-1018, En Con L

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Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

Go to top A06543 Actions:

BILL NOA06543 

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03/06/2025referred to environmental conservation

05/28/2025reported referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA06543 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:20/9 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsExcusedManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

EpsteinAyeSlaterNay

McMahonAyeBaileyNay

BurdickAyeSempolinskiNay

LunsfordAye

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoNay

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Go to topA06543 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA06543 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6543

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, SIMON, DINOWITZ, ROSENTHAL, GALLAGHER,
 RAMOS, PAULIN, R. CARROLL, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SIMONE, REYES, RIVERA,
 COLTON, BURDICK, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, EPSTEIN, STECK, ALVAREZ,
 RAGA, LEVENBERG, BORES, STIRPE, LUNSFORD, HEVESI, SAYEGH, KIM, ZINER-
 MAN, SHRESTHA, OTIS, TAYLOR, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, FORREST, MAMDANI,
 CLARK, BRONSON, SEAWRIGHT, KELLES, LUCAS, McMAHON, WEPRIN, MEEKS,
 MITAYNES, TAPIA, LEE, DAVILA, GIBBS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 returnable bottles; to direct the multi-agency bottle bill fraud
 investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle
 redemption fraud in New York state; and to repeal section 27-1018 of
 such law relating to the beverage container assistance program

 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 27-1003 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 2 of part SS of chapter 59 of
 3 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, noncarbonated soft drinks,
 5 noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices containing less than one hundred
 6 percent fruit or vegetable juice, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated
 7 fruit beverages, water, beer, other malt beverages, cider as defined in
 8 section three of the alcoholic beverage control law, and [a] wine [prod-
 9 uct] products as defined in [subdivision thirty-six-a of] section three
 10 of the alcoholic beverage control law. "Malt beverages" means any bever-
 11 age obtained by the alcoholic fermentation or infusion or decoction of
 12 barley, malt, hops, or other wholesome grain or cereal and water includ-
 13 ing, but not limited to ale, stout or malt liquor. "Water" means any
 14 beverage identified through the use of letters, words or symbols on its
 15 product label as a type of water, including any flavored wate