Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A7270A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale or distribution of foods or beverages containing artificial coloring in schools

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A7270 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §915-a, Ed L

2011-A7270 - Summary

Prohibits the sale or distribution of foods or beverages containing artificial coloring in schools.

2011-A7270 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7270

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. N. RIVERA, LINARES, CRESPO, ROBINSON, ARROYO,
  RODRIGUEZ, CAMARA, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BOYLAND,
  CASTRO,  COOK,  GIBSON,  JEFFRIES,  MENG, MOYA, ORTIZ, PERRY, PRETLOW,
  RAMOS, J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, ROBERTS, SCHROEDER,  SIMOTAS,  STEVENSON,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale
  or distribution of foods or beverages containing  artificial  coloring
  in schools

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  915-a
to read as follows:
  S  915-A.  PROHIBITING  THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FOODS OR BEVERAGES
CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL COLORING. FROM THE BEGINNING  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DAY
UNTIL  THE  END  OF  THE LAST SCHEDULED MEAL PERIOD, NO FOOD OR BEVERAGE
CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL COLORING SHALL BE SOLD OR  DISTRIBUTED,  INCLUDING
SALE  THROUGH THE USE OF A VENDING MACHINE, IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS
STATE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FOODS OR BEVER-
AGES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED DURING SCHOOL FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE NOT PART OF A
SCHOOL BREAKFAST OR LUNCH PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10834-01-1

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A7270A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §915-a, Ed L

2011-A7270A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale or distribution of foods or beverages containing artificial coloring in schools.

2011-A7270A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7270--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. N. RIVERA, LINARES, CRESPO, ROBINSON, ARROYO,
  RODRIGUEZ, CAMARA, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BOYLAND,
  CASTRO,  COOK,  GIBSON,  JEFFRIES,  MENG, MOYA, ORTIZ, PERRY, PRETLOW,
  RAMOS, J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, ROBERTS, SCHROEDER,  SIMOTAS,  STEVENSON,
  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale
  or distribution of foods or beverages containing  artificial  coloring
  in schools

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  915-a
to read as follows:
  S  915-A.  PROHIBITING  THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FOODS OR BEVERAGES
CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL COLORING. 1. NO  LATER  THAN  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND THIRTEEN, NO SCHOOL SHALL, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL DAY
UNTIL  THE END OF THE LAST SCHEDULED MEAL PERIOD, SELL OR DISTRIBUTE ANY
FOOD OR BEVERAGE CONTAINING ARTIFICIAL COLORING, INCLUDING SALE  THROUGH
THE  USE  OF A VENDING MACHINE, IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS STATE.  THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FOODS OR BEVERAGES SOLD OR
DISTRIBUTED DURING SCHOOL FUNCTIONS WHICH  ARE  NOT  PART  OF  A  SCHOOL
BREAKFAST OR LUNCH PROGRAM.
  2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ARTIFICIAL COLORING" SHALL
MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
  A. FD&C BLUE #1;
  B. FD&C BLUE #1 ALUMINUM LAKE;
  C. FD&C BLUE #2;
  D. FD&C BLUE #2 ALUMINUM LAKE ON ALUMINA;
  E. FD&C GREEN #3;
  F. FD&C RED #3;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10834-04-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.