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S 5820: Increases the handling fee paid to dealers or operators of a redemption center for the redemption of empty beverage containers.
What S 5820 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Environmental Conservation Law to introduce a handling fee for redeeming empty beverage containers. A deposit initiator must pay a handling fee to a dealer or operator of a redemption center for collecting, sorting, and packaging the containers. The initial fee is set at three and a half cents per container, but it will increase to six cents starting April 1, 2025, and periodically thereafter. The fee will be adjusted based on the minimum wage increase in the federal or state level. The adjustment will be calculated by adding the percentage increase in the minimum wage to the initial fee. The bill also clarifies that distributors who do not initiate deposits on a type of beverage container are considered dealers only for the purpose of receiving the handling fee.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5820
- What is the current status of S 5820?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5820 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION".
- Did S 5820 pass?
- Not yet. S 5820 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5820, and where is it now?
- S 5820 was authored by Sen. Luis Sepúlveda. Its committee of record is Senate Environmental Conservation.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 5820A |
| Mar. 03, 2025 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 3, 2025 · 343 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5820 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 the handling fee paid to a dealer or operator of a redemption center for the redemption of empty beverage containers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 27-1007 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as added by section 4 of part SS of chapter 59 of the 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 6. In addition to the refund value of a beverage container as estab- 5 lished by section 27-1005 of this title, a deposit initiator shall pay 6 to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of three 7 and one-half cents for each beverage container accepted by the deposit 8 initiator from such dealer or operator of a redemption center. Beginning 9 April first, two thousand twenty-five, the handling fee will be six 10 cents. Payment of the handling fee shall be as compensation for collect- 11 ing, sorting and packaging of empty beverage containers for transport 12 back to the deposit initiator or its designee. Payment of the handling 13 fee may not be conditioned on the purchase of any goods or services, nor 14 may such payment be made out of the refund value account established 15 pursuant to section 27-1012 of this title. A distributor who does not 16 initiate deposits on a type of beverage container is considered a dealer 17 only for the purpose of receiving a handling fee from a deposit initi- 18 ator. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05235-01-5
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