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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4055: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the use or sale of single use plastic straws and beverage stirrers in state parks

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4055 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the use or sale of single use plastic straws and beverage stirrers in state parks. Primary sponsor: Keith Brown (Republican/Conservative/Independence). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the use or sale of single use plastic straws and beverage stirrers in state parks.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith BrownPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
  2. REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source