The New York City Council - File #: Int 0936-2018

• File #: Int 0936-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Restricting single-use plastic beverage straws, beverage stirrers and beverage splash sticks, and to repeal chapter 4 of title 16 of such code, relating to rechargeable batteries.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/23/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 5/23/2018
• Final action: 6/12/2021
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to restricting single-use plastic beverage straws, beverage stirrers and beverage splash sticks, and to repeal chapter 4 of title 16 of such code, relating to rechargeable batteries
• Sponsors: Helen K. Rosenthal, Barry S. Grodenchik, Mark Levine, Brad S. Lander, Francisco P. Moya, Diana I. Ayala, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Carlina Rivera , Margaret S. Chin, Keith Powers , James G. Van Bramer, Karen Koslowitz, Vanessa L. Gibson, Justin L. Brannan, Adrienne E. Adams, Antonio Reynoso, Mark Gjonaj , Ben Kallos, Daniel Dromm , Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Fernando Cabrera , Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Robert F. Holden, Paul A. Vallone, Bill Perkins, Mark Treyger, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Mathieu Eugene, Inez D. Barron, Alan N. Maisel, Deborah L. Rose, Carlos Menchaca, Peter A. Koo, Laurie A. Cumbo, Farah N. Louis, James F. Gennaro

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/14/2021	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
6/12/2021	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/28/2021	A	Mayor	Hearing Scheduled by Mayor
5/28/2021	A	Mayor	Hearing Scheduled by Mayor Cancelled
5/12/2021	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
5/12/2021	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amended by Committee
5/12/2021	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amended by Committee
5/12/2021	A	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Laid Over by Committee
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Laid Over by Committee
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 936-A

By Council Members Rosenthal, Grodenchik, Levine, Lander, Moya, Ayala, Ampry-Samuel, Rivera, Chin, Powers, Van Bramer, Koslowitz, Gibson, Brannan, Adams, Reynoso, Gjonaj, Kallos, Dromm, Salamanca, Cabrera, Rodriguez, Holden, Vallone, Perkins, Treyger, Cornegy, Eugene, Barron, Maisel, Rose, Menchaca, Koo, Cumbo, Louis and Gennaro

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to restricting single-use plastic beverage straws, beverage stirrers and beverage splash sticks, and to repeal chapter 4 of title 16 of such code, relating to rechargeable batteries
Body


Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 4 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED and a new chapter 4 of title 16 is added to read as follows:
Chapter 4. SINGLE-USE ITEMS
? 16-401 Restrictions on providing single-use plastic beverage straws, beverage stirrers and beverage splash sticks.
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Beverage splash stick. The term "beverage splash stick" means a device primarily intended to be used to keep heat and liquid from escaping a lidded cup.
Beverage stirrer. The term "beverage stirrer" means a device primarily intended to be used by a person for the purpose of stirring beverages.
Beverage straw. The term "beverage straw" means a tube primarily intended to be used for transferring a beverage from its container to the mouth of a person.
Compostable. The term "compostable" means: (i) capable of undergoing biological breakdown in an industrial composting process, (ii) degradable into biomass that results in a material that is safe and desirable as a soil amendment and (iii) where applicable, as set forth in rules of the department: (A) compliant with ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868 or successor standards or other applicable standards developed by ASTM or other international s...