---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement"
description: "Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement to include the requirement that they generate an annual average of less than two tons per week of food scraps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8754"
citation: "New York A 8754 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292b9204-6884-4b9e-842a-b717782d241b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8754"
source_hash: "6ede087e3a73b649e0527ab3dca5f9927f998a0eca59870f2dca58e1887a55e1"
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 A 8754 (2021-2022) — Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement

Relates to defining supermarket for the purposes of the supermarket excess edible food requirement to include the requirement that they generate an annual average of less than two tons per week of food scraps.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8754&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABINANTI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.33
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.33
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7812
- **2022-01-26** 3RD READING CAL.176
- **2022-01-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/292b9204-6884-4b9e-842a-b717782d241b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).