assembly Bill A3871A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Jun 12, 2019 amend and recommit to rules 3871a
Jun 11, 2019 reported referred to rules
Jun 05, 2019 reported referred to codes
Jan 31, 2019 referred to health

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A3871 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4930
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1356, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8266
2017-2018: A4534
2021-2022: A8860, S2532
2023-2024: S4890

A3871 - Summary

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.

A3871 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3871

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  chain
  restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

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

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
1356 to read as follows:
  §  1356.  CHAIN  RESTAURANTS;  SODIUM  CONTENT  OF  MENU ITEMS. 1. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
MEANINGS:
  A.  "CHAIN RESTAURANT" SHALL MEAN A RESTAURANT WHICH IS ONE OF FIFTEEN
OR MORE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME NAME  AT  DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS  WITHIN THE STATE AND ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP OR
BY FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS.
  B. "RESTAURANT" SHALL MEAN ANY COMMERCIAL EATING  ESTABLISHMENT  WHICH
IS  DEVOTED,  WHOLLY  OR  IN  PART,  TO THE SALE OF FOOD FOR ON-PREMISES
CONSUMPTION.
  2. EVERY CHAIN RESTAURANT OPERATING WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL  CAUSE  TO
BE  PLACED  ON ITS MENUS A SALT-SHAKER-LIKE SYMBOL NEXT TO ANY FOOD ITEM
THAT IS OFFERED FOR SALE BY SUCH RESTAURANT THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN  TWO
THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED  MILLIGRAMS  OF  SODIUM.  SUCH MENUS SHALL ALSO
CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT THE PLACEMENT OF SUCH  SALT-SHAKER-LIKE  SYMBOL
NEXT TO A MENU ITEM INDICATES THAT SUCH MENU ITEM CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM.
  3.  ANY  CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY
DOLLARS FOR EACH MENU THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION.
  §  2.  The provisions of this act shall not apply to chain restaurants
located in any city with a population of one  million  or  more  on  and

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

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A3871A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4930
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1356, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8266
2017-2018: A4534
2021-2022: A8860, S2532
2023-2024: S4890

A3871A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.

A3871A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 3871--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ,  SAYEGH,  JACOBSON,  FALL, GOTTFRIED,
  EPSTEIN, SIMON, TAYLOR, RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAMS, RAYNOR, BICHOTTE, ARROYO,
  DAVILA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. M. L. MILLER -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and  referred  to  the
  Committee  on Codes -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules
  -- Rules Committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to requiring chain
  restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
1356 to read as follows:
  § 1356. CHAIN RESTAURANTS;  SODIUM  CONTENT  OF  MENU  ITEMS.  1.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
MEANINGS:
  A. "CHAIN RESTAURANT" SHALL MEAN A RESTAURANT WHICH IS ONE OF  FIFTEEN
OR  MORE  RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME NAME AT DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS WITHIN THE STATE AND ARE OPERATED UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP  OR
BY FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS.
  B.  "RESTAURANT"  SHALL MEAN ANY COMMERCIAL EATING ESTABLISHMENT WHICH
IS DEVOTED, WHOLLY OR IN PART, TO  THE  SALE  OF  FOOD  FOR  ON-PREMISES
CONSUMPTION.
  2.  EVERY  CHAIN RESTAURANT OPERATING WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL CAUSE TO
BE PLACED ON ITS MENUS A SALT-SHAKER-LIKE SYMBOL NEXT TO ANY  FOOD  ITEM
THAT  IS OFFERED FOR SALE BY SUCH RESTAURANT THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS  OF  SODIUM.  SUCH  MENUS  SHALL  ALSO
CONTAIN  A  STATEMENT THAT THE PLACEMENT OF SUCH SALT-SHAKER-LIKE SYMBOL
NEXT TO A MENU ITEM INDICATES THAT SUCH MENU ITEM CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08222-03-9