---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program"
description: "Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program by scaling down the annual average tonnage requirement every two years until 2028; removes exceptions regarding recycler capacity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5331"
citation: "New York S 5331 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2024-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71f5f56c-f3f1-4d6d-a849-83bf2cbbd275"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5331"
source_hash: "7b9c13e98195e6458c4016634a3ab8ac93da5728e5fa97922154d4e8e5da5299"
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 5331 (2023-2024) — Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program

Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program by scaling down the annual average tonnage requirement every two years until 2028; removes exceptions regarding recycler capacity.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5331&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5331A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5331A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **99–46** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **44–17** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **49–10** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** 1ST REPORT CAL.613
- **2023-04-18** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-04-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-04-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-04-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-04-25** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.538
- **2024-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5331A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5906A
- **2024-05-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.41
- **2024-05-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.552 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71f5f56c-f3f1-4d6d-a849-83bf2cbbd275`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).