A 8195 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders

Summary
Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders; provides that no later than December 31, 2029 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for gas cylinders.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 5, 2025 Last action May 28, 2026
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A8195A A8195B · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from A8195-A to A8195-B and re-reported to committee with amendments. The scope of the bill was narrowed by removing references to the State Finance Law, focusing the legislation solely on the Environmental Conservation Law. Several key definitions were updated to clarify the scope of 'gas cylinders' and to refine the exclusions for 'recycling' to better distinguish between recycling and energy recovery.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the amendment to the State Finance Law, limiting the legislative changes to the Environmental Conservation Law only.
SCOPE

Removed the amendment to the State Finance Law, restricting the bill's changes to the Environmental Conservation Law.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'gas cylinder' to remove the specific list of flammable materials (propane, butane) and replace it with a broader reference to 'flammable materials,' while also removing the exclusion for cylinders containing hydrogen.

Reorganized the 'recycling' definition to combine energy recovery exclusions and chemical conversion processes into a single clause, and added a specific exclusion for landfill disposal of component materials.

Added a new definition for 'recycling rate' to establish a metric for measuring the percentage of discarded cylinders managed through recycling or reuse.

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Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
4
May 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 20, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
May 15, 2026
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
lower
May 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8195B
lower
May 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8195A
lower
May 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
May 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
lower
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