NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6597A

Senate Bill S6597A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer protection returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 08, 2023	referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate
May 31, 2023	advanced to third reading
May 30, 2023	2nd report cal. amended 6597a
May 24, 2023	1st report cal.1357
Apr 28, 2023	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote
  S6597A
  
  47
  
  Aye
  
  15
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (47)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      nay (15)
      
      Ashby
      
      Borrello
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Lanza
      
      Mattera
      
      Murray
      
      Oberacker
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rolison
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Cooney
  May 24, 2023 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S6597A
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: May 24, 2023
      
      aye (5)
      
      Brouk
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Myrie
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Weber

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S6597 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4064
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §396-uu, Gen Bus L

2023-S6597 - Summary

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.

2023-S6597 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6597 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6597
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have
   tangible menus available upon request

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-uu to read as follows:
   § 396-UU. TANGIBLE MENUS. ANY RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE SHALL,  UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF A CUSTOMER, MAKE AVAILABLE A PRINTED OR TANGIBLE MENU COMMU-
 NICATING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEVERAGES  AND  FOOD  AVAILABLE
 FOR  SALE  BY  SUCH RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
 THE ONLY MENU AVAILABLE BE ACCESSIBLE  EXCLUSIVELY  THROUGH  DIGITAL  OR
 ONLINE  MEANS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "RESTAURANT"
 AND "LICENSEE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00271-01-3

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4064
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §396-uu, Gen Bus L

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6597A

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have
tangible menus available upon request

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

To ensure that restaurants and bars provide tangible menus to customers
upon request.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the general business law to create a new section,
396-uu, which provides that a restaurant or a licensee possessing a
retail license for on-premises consumption subject to the provisions of
section one hundred six of the alcoholic beverage control law, must
provide a tangible menu communicating essential information about the
beverages and food for sale if a customer requests such a menu. This

legislation also requires that a tangible menu shall include legible
signage posted on a wall or in another conspicuous location.

Section two is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restaurants, bars,
and other businesses have switched from using printed or laminated menus
to "QR codes" or websites accessible on smartphones. While the ability
to view a menu online has certain benefits, it renders the menu inacces-
sible to individuals who do not have a smartphone, whose smartphone is
low on battery or dead, who may be forced to pay fees to use data to
access such a menu online, or who are not proficient in using QR codes
or digital ordering platforms. Any customer should have the right to
request a tangible, legible copy of a menu that communicates essential
information about prices and products available.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect thirty days after it shall have become law.

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6597--A
     Cal. No. 1357
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to first report,
   amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have
   tangible menus available upon request
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-uu to read as follows:
   §  396-UU.  TANGIBLE  MENUS.  ANY  RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE POSSESSING A
 RETAIL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIX  OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW SHALL,
 UPON THE REQUEST OF A CUSTOMER, MAKE AVAILABLE  A  PRINTED  OR  TANGIBLE
 MENU  COMMUNICATING  ESSENTIAL  INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEVERAGES AND FOOD
 AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY SUCH RESTAURANT OR  LICENSEE.    A  TANGIBLE  MENU
 SHALL INCLUDE LEGIBLE SIGNAGE POSTED ON A WALL OR IN ANOTHER CONSPICUOUS
 LOCATION.    UNDER  NO  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL  THE ONLY MENU AVAILABLE BE
 ACCESSIBLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH DIGITAL OR ONLINE MEANS. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "RESTAURANT" AND "LICENSEE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 SAME MEANING AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE ALCOHOL-
 IC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00271-05-3

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