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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7408: Relates to requiring food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers

Passed one chamber 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 7408 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to requiring food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers. Primary sponsor: Pat Fahy (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

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 food service establishments to permit the use of reusable beverage and food containers provided by customers when requesting a beverage refill or requesting leftovers from a partially consumed meal to be packaged and post signs to inform customers that they are permitted to do so.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat FahyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“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 HEALTH
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. AMENDED 7408B
  7. 1ST REPORT CAL.979
  8. PRINT NUMBER 7408A
  9. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  10. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  11. RETURNED TO SENATE
  12. DIED IN ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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