senate Bill S3829

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to advertising and labeling of locally produced food

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Vetoed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 13, 2019 vetoed memo.214
Dec 06, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.324
substituted for a1460
Apr 30, 2019 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Apr 29, 2019 advanced to third reading
Apr 10, 2019 2nd report cal.
Apr 09, 2019 1st report cal.429
Mar 18, 2019 reported and committed to finance
Feb 15, 2019 referred to agriculture

Votes

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Apr 30, 2019 - floor Vote

S3829
62
0
floor
62
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Apr 30, 2019

aye (62)

Apr 9, 2019 - Finance committee Vote

S3829
22
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committee
22
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Finance Committee Vote: Apr 9, 2019

aye (22)
aye wr (1)

Mar 18, 2019 - Agriculture committee Vote

S3829
9
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committee
9
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Agriculture Committee Vote: Mar 18, 2019

aye (9)

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S3829 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1460
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §211, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10383

S3829 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person, corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall knowingly sell any food product advertised or labeled as "local" unless such food product originated in New York or meets other guidelines established for retail food products.

S3829 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  3829

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  adver-
  tising and labeling of locally produced food

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

  Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
section 211 to read as follows:
  §  211.  ADVERTISING  AND  LABELING  OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS. 1. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT" SHALL  MEAN  ARTICLES  OF
FOOD,  DRINK,  CONFECTIONARY  OR  CONDIMENT,  WHETHER  SIMPLE,  MIXED OR
COMPOUND, INCLUDING ALL SUBSTANCES OR INGREDIENTS ADDED TO FOOD FOR  ANY
PURPOSE, INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
  2.  NO  PERSON,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE AT RETAIL ANY RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT
ADVERTISED OR LABELED AS "LOCAL", "LOCALLY GROWN",  "LOCALLY  PRODUCED",
"LOCALLY  SOURCED"  OR  ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TERM, UNLESS SUCH FOOD
PRODUCT: (I) IS GROWN, RAISED, OR HARVESTED IN NEW YORK STATE;  OR  (II)
ITS  COMPONENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUCH PRODUCT'S IDENTITY ARE GROWN,
RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (III) IS DEFINED  IN
LAW AS NEW YORK STATE LABELLED, MANUFACTURED, OR PRODUCED.
  3. A RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT MAY ALSO BE ADVERTISED OR LABELED AS LOCAL IF
IT  WAS  GROWN, RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE,
OR CONTAINS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS NOT SOURCED IN  NEW  YORK,  IF  IT  HAS
ADDITIONAL  DESCRIPTIVE  LANGUAGE  IDENTIFYING  THE  STATE  OR REGION OR
DISTANCE FROM THE BORDER OF NEW YORK STATE WHERE  SUCH  PRODUCT  OR  ITS
COMPONENTS  THAT  ARE  ESSENTIAL  TO  SUCH PRODUCT'S IDENTITY ARE GROWN,
RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED DISPLAYED ADJACENT TO AND IN THE SAME SIZE
FONT AS THE TERM OR TERMS INDICATING IT IS LOCAL IN SUCH ADVERTISING  OR
LABELING.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01242-01-9

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