Senate Bill S4045

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York healthy vending act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4045 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1711
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 18 §§1800 - 1804, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5511
2019-2020: S4128, A6225
2021-2022: S458, A5750

2023-S4045 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the New York healthy vending act requiring a percentage of food in vending machines on state property to be healthy.

2023-S4045 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4045 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4045
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the New
   York healthy vending act
 
   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 article 18
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 18
                       NEW YORK HEALTHY VENDING ACT
 SECTION 1800. DEFINITIONS.
         1801. APPLICABILITY.
         1802. VENDING MACHINE REQUIREMENTS.
         1803. ENFORCEMENT AND REPORTS.
         1804. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
   §  1800.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE" MEANS  A  SELF-SERVICE  MACHINE
 OFFERED  FOR  PUBLIC  USE  THAT, ON INSERTION OF A COIN, PAPER CURRENCY,
 TOKEN, CARD, OR KEY, OR BY OPTIONAL MANUAL OPERATION, DISPENSES SERVINGS
 OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES IN BULK OR IN PACKAGES, OR PREPARED BY THE MACHINE,
 WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF REPLENISHING THE  DEVICE  BETWEEN  EACH  VENDED
 OPERATION.
   2.  "PACKAGED"  MEANS  BOTTLED,  CANNED,  SECURELY BAGGED, OR SECURELY
 WRAPPED, WHETHER PACKAGED IN A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT OR A  FOOD  PROCESSING
 PLANT.
   3. "HEALTHY FOOD OR BEVERAGE OPTION" MEANS A PACKAGED FOOD OR BEVERAGE
 THAT  MEETS  THE  REQUIREMENTS  TO BE A HEALTHY FOOD OPTION OR A HEALTHY
 BEVERAGE OPTION ESTABLISHED IN SECTION  EIGHTEEN  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01162-01-3
 S. 4045                             2
              

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