Assembly Bill A8260

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to banning push notifications from fast food mobile applications to minors

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A8260 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7871
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-f, Gen Bus L

2025-A8260 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Bans push notifications from fast food mobile applications to minors.

2025-A8260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8260
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  banning  push
   notifications from fast food mobile applications to minors
 
   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
 390-f to read as follows:
   § 390-F. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FROM  FAST  FOOD  MOBILE  APPLICATIONS  TO
 MINORS. 1. ANY MOBILE APPLICATION OR MOBILE PLATFORM, OPERATED BY, OPER-
 ATED  ON  BEHALF  OF,  OR  OWNED  BY  ANY FAST-FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, SHALL
 REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO MANUALLY ENTER THE INDIVIDUAL'S DATE  OF  BIRTH
 WHEN REGISTERING FOR AN ACCOUNT WITH SUCH PLATFORM OR APPLICATION.
   2.  ANY  MOBILE  APPLICATION  OR MOBILE PLATFORM WHICH IS OPERATED BY,
 OPERATED ON BEHALF OF, OR OWNED BY ANY FAST-FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL  BE
 PROHIBITED  FROM  INITIATING OR SENDING MOBILE DEVICE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
 OR TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS, INCLUDING ALERTS, DESIGNED  TO  ENCOURAGE
 AN  INDIVIDUAL  TO  ENGAGE WITH SUCH APPLICATION OR PLATFORM, WHERE SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL HAS REGISTERED FOR AN ACCOUNT WITH  A  DATE  OF  BIRTH  WHICH
 INDICATE THAT SUCH PERSON IS A MINOR.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  PUSH NOTIFICATION MEANS AN AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAYED
 ON A MOBILE DEVICE, WHEN THE USER INTERFACE FOR A  FAST-FOOD  ESTABLISH-
 MENT'S  PLATFORM  OR  APPLICATION IS NOT ACTIVELY OPEN OR VISIBLE ON THE
 DEVICE, THAT PROMPTS THE ACCOUNT HOLDER TO CHECK OR ENGAGE WITH  SUCH  A
 PLATFORM OR APPLICATION.
   (B) MINOR MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11444-01-5

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