---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect"
description: "Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation in a city with a population of one million or more related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 4158"
citation: "New York S 4158 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FELDER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3696e3e-ee20-4362-9a82-c5f3d770deb3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S4158"
source_hash: "228d4a575ac4c5a63b95d8dfc6e63e7f0ba7b54db1baea945646b15cc088b83a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 4158 (2017-2018) — Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect

Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation in a city with a population of one million or more related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4158 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4158&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S4158 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S4158)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **15–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **122–16** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FELDER — primary (person)
- AVELLA — cosponsor (person)
- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
- LANZA — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.148
- **2017-02-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-02-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-02-06** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4883
- **2017-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.20
- **2017-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-02-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.7 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-14** APPROVAL MEMO.1

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3696e3e-ee20-4362-9a82-c5f3d770deb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).