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Int 1504-2025

Prohibiting the sale of glue traps.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2025-12-18

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-12-18Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would prohibit the sale of rodent glue traps. Any person who sells, offers to sell, or distributes any glue trap would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.

Committee on Consumer and Worker ProtectionDepartment of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.

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9 passed · 41 died

This bill: 12 days in committee

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Sponsors (4)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 4 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 17 to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER 17 GLUE TRAPS � 20-699.40 Glue trap prohibition. a. Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter, the term "glue trap" means any device that uses a non-drying adhesive material to capture rodents or other animals larger than a rodent. b. Prohibited conduct. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute any glue trap. c. Penalties. Any person that violates subdivision b of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. Each failure to comply with subdivision b of this section with respect to any one stock keeping unit offered for sale, sold, or distributed constitutes a separate violation. � 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law. REC LS #16637/20426/20928 12/9/25 3:40 PM 1 1