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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1706: Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles and requires the installation of water bottle filling stations

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

S 1706 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles and requires the installation of water bottle filling stations. Primary sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS.

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 all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles; authorizes the commissioner of the office of general services to enter into contracts for the installation of water bottle filling stations in state buildings; provides for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles under certain circumstances; requires each state agency to submit a report to the state procurement council and to the New York state climate action council containing a summary of the steps they have taken to comply with the directive.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachel MayPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48

“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 PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS
  2. REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

Sources

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