New York S 882: Provides plastic or composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities

Status: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 882

Sponsors: Patrick M. Gallivan

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S00882 Summary:

BILL NOS00882 

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §628, Cor L

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Relates to providing only plastic or composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities for use in cafeterias, mess halls, canteens, commissaries, or any other dining facility located within.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 882

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing plastic or
 composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 628
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 628. Eating utensils. All eating utensils provided by state correc-
 4 tional facilities to individuals housed in such facilities for use in
 5 cafeterias, mess halls, canteens, commissaries, or any other dining
 6 facility located within, shall be made solely from plastic or another
 7 composite material.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 9 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02879-01-5

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