NY State Senate Bill S1195

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 22, 2023	referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate
May 15, 2023	advanced to third reading
May 10, 2023	2nd report cal.
May 09, 2023	1st report cal.862
Jan 10, 2023	referred to agriculture

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May 22, 2023 - floor Vote

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May 9, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

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Agriculture Committee Vote: May 9, 2023

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S1195 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5986
Current Committee:: Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §500, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S3227

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to maintain a publicly available database of the results of its graded inspections on its website; requires the department to provide information as to where a customer may file a consumer report; requires the department to facilitate and coordinate the planning and implementation of an awareness and educational program to inform the general public on the standards retail food stores shall meet and how consumers may report retail food stores with poor sanitary conditions.

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1195

SPONSOR: PERSAUD
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the department of agriculture and markets to maintain a publicly
available database of the results of its graded inspections on its
website

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Markets to post the
results of its graded inspections on their website

 
SUMMARY:

Section 1 provides a list of things the department of agriculture and
market shall do reads as follow: maintaining a publicly available data-
base of the results of its graded inspection. The Department of Agricul-
ture and Markets must post on its website where to file a consumer
report. The department shall also facilitate and coordinate the planning

and implementation of awareness and educational programs to inform the
general public on the standards retail food stores.shall meet and how
consumers may report retail food stores with poor sanitary conditions.

Section 2 provides for the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation intends to uphold local bodegas and delicatessens to
the same health standards as restaurants across the State of New York.
Ensuring the conditions of bodegas and delicatessens are up to par
concerning food handling, food temperature, personal hygiene, and vermin
control is crucial to sustaining New Yorkers' quality of life.

Ag & Markets shall provide information on its website that makes it
possible for customers to file consumer reports. Customers shall first
have an idea about the upkeep of these stores before making an educated
decision as to whether or not they want to purchase food from them.

Doing so will not only challenge bodegas and delicatessens to maintain a
grade A but will help them to follow the sanitary guidelines.  Customers
should not have to figure out where a store posts its grading report; it
should be on full display. The bodega owners must place the signage in a
conspicuous location facing the bodega entrance, clearly visible to
customers. Doing so allows for uniformity and transparency between bode-
gas, delicatessens, and restaurants.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021/2022: S3227B Referred to Agriculture

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1195
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  requir-
   ing  the  department of agriculture and markets to maintain a publicly
   available database of the results of its  graded  inspections  on  its
   website

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 500 of the agriculture and markets law is  amended
 by adding three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   6.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASE OF THE
 RESULTS OF ITS GRADED INSPECTIONS THAT SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  RETAIL  FOOD
 STORE'S  NAME,  ADDRESS,  DATE  OF  INSPECTION,  GRADE AND A LIST OF ANY
 VIOLATIONS CITED WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF A GRADED INSPECTION. THE  DEPART-
 MENT  SHALL  UPDATE THE DATABASE EVERY NINETY DAYS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 MAKE THE INSPECTION DATABASE AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE, IN A  CONSPICU-
 OUS LOCATION, INCLUDING ON ANY NAVIGATION OR DROP-DOWN MENU.
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE ON THEIR WEBSITE INFORMATION AS TO
 WHERE A CUSTOMER MAY FILE A CONSUMER REPORT, WHICH SHALL BE PLACED IN  A
 CONSPICUOUS  LOCATION, INCLUDING ON ANY NAVIGATION OR DROP-DOWN MENU. IF
 A CONSUMER REPORT IS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT REGARDING A  RETAIL  FOOD
 STORE,  THE  GRADED INSPECTION REPORT PROVIDED TO SUCH RETAIL FOOD STORE
 SHALL NOTE THAT THE STORE WAS  REPORTED  BY  A  CONSUMER.  THE  CONSUMER
 REPORT  AND ANY OTHER IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION OF THE CONSUMER SHALL NOT
 BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE INSPECTION REPORT.
   8. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FACILITATE AND  COORDINATE  THE  PLANNING  AND
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF  AN  AWARENESS  AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO INFORM THE
 GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE STANDARDS RETAIL FOOD STORES SHALL  MEET  AND  HOW
 CONSUMERS  MAY  REPORT RETAIL FOOD STORES WITH POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS.
 SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE GRADING INSPECTION POSTING REQUIREMENTS,  THE
 DIFFERENCES  OF  SANITATION  BETWEEN  THE  INSPECTION GRADES, AND HOW TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02587-01-3

 S. 1195                             2
 
 REPORT A RETAIL FOOD STORE TO THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROMOTE
 EDUCATIONAL  AND  INFORMATIONAL  MATERIALS  CREATED,  THROUGH  AVAILABLE
 MEANS, SUCH AS MEDIA ADVERTISING, BILLBOARDS, PRINTED LITERATURE, SOCIAL
 MEDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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May 22, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 22, 2023

May 9, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: May 9, 2023

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Roxanne J. Persaud

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May 22, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 22, 2023

May 9, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: May 9, 2023

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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