A 5072 — Relates to the paper carryout bag reduction fee
Congress · introduced 2025-02-12
Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — sponsor · 2025-02-12
- Vivian Cook (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
- Harvey Epstein (—, NY-74) — cosponsor · 2025-02-12
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Vivian Cook | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-12 | Jo Anne Simon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-12 | Harvey Epstein | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Vivian Cook (—, state_lower NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-12 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-12 · sponsored by Jo Anne Simon (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-12 · cosponsored by Vivian Cook (cosponsor) · sponsorship