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Assembly Bill A1078

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the Drink Up Act

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2025-A1078 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §916-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10114
2023-2024: A3940

2025-A1078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Drink Up Act"; requires every public school to offer water in a sealed bottled container as an additional drink option to any student during lunch at no cost to such student.

2025-A1078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1078
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the Drink  Up
   Act requiring public schools to provide water during lunch
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Drink Up Act".
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 916-c to
 read as follows:
   § 916-C. WATER DURING LUNCH; REQUIREMENT.  EVERY PUBLIC  SCHOOL  SHALL
 OFFER  WATER IN A SEALED BOTTLED CONTAINER AS AN ADDITIONAL DRINK OPTION
 TO ANY STUDENT DURING LUNCH AT NO COST TO SUCH STUDENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
 or before such date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02372-01-5

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