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A 1585: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic and polystyrene foam in state parks.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 1585 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to prohibit the sale of single-use plastic and polystyrene foam in state parks in New York. The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is required to implement this change. The new rule will take effect 108 days after the bill becomes a law. This measure is intended to reduce waste and promote environmental sustainability in the state's parks.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
Jan. 10, 2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 185 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1585 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to requiring the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic and polystyr- ene foam in state parks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser- 2 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows: 3 24. Prohibit the sale of single use plastic and polystyrene foam in 4 state parks. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 6 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03081-01-5 
Text of A 1585 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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