Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.639 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 22, 2009 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.672 rules report cal.672 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 19, 2009 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A9027
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
2009-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1352-d, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2009 (as proposed in A. 2720-A)
2009-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9027 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain restaurants and food service establishments to post calorie value of food items; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2009 amending the public health law relating to the posting of caloric value of food items, as proposed in legislative bill number A.2720-A, in relation to requiring certain restaurant and food service establishments to post the caloric value of food items PURPOSE OF BILL: To require certain restaurants and food service establishments to provide calorie information to customers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Would add a new section 1352-e authorizing the Commissioner of Health to develop regulations requiring restaurants and food service establishments to prominently post calorie information for menu items as usually prepared and offered for sale on standard printed menus, menu boards or food items offered for sale that are identified by tags or labels. * Chain restaurants and food establishments will post the number of
2009-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9027 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 19, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain restaurants and food service establishments to post calorie value of food items; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2009 amending the public health law relating to the posting of caloric value of food items, as proposed in legislative bill number A.2720-A, in relation to requiring certain restaurant and food service establishments to post the caloric value of food items THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1352-d of the public health law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2009 amending the public health law relating to the posting of caloric value of food items, as proposed in legislative bill number A.2720-A, is relettered section 1352-e and amended to read as follows: S 1352-e. Caloric value. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations requiring chain restaurants or food service establishments [subject to the provisions of section thirteen hundred fifty-one of this title] to post calorie content values for menu items as usually prepared and offered for sale on standard printed menus and menu boards or food items as usually prepared and offered for sale that are identified by tags or labels placed in close proximity to such food items displayed for sale. The rules and regu- lations shall require such chain restaurants and food service establish- ments to post the number of calories per menu item adjacent to such menu items on menu boards and menus, and on food item tags. Such information shall be listed clearly and conspicuously, adjacent to or in close prox- imity to the applicable menu or food item so that it is clearly associ- ated with such item, and in a font and format that is at least as promi- nent, in size and appearance, as that used to post either the name or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12112-02-9
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