NY State Senate Bill 2025-S428A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 27, 2026	reported and committed to finance
Jan 20, 2026	print number 428a
Jan 20, 2026	amend and recommit to health
Jan 07, 2026	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 16, 2025	ordered to third reading rules cal.786 substituted for a5207
Jun 11, 2025	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 27, 2025	advanced to third reading
Jan 22, 2025	2nd report cal.
Jan 21, 2025	1st report cal.125
Jan 08, 2025	referred to health

Votes

- Jun 11, 2025 - Floor Vote
  S428A
  
  Aye
  
  37
  
  Nay
  
  22
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  4
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2025
      
      aye (37)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Baskin
      
      Brisport
      
      Bynoe
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fahy
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Webb
      
      Weik
      
      nay (22)
      
      Ashby
      
      Borrello
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rhoads
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weber
      
      excused (4)
      
      Brouk
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Sutton
  Jan 27, 2026 - Health Committee Vote
  S428A
  
  Aye
  
  8
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  3
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Health Committee Vote: Jan 27, 2026
      
      aye (8)
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Jackson
      
      May
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Webb
      
      nay (3)
      
      Ashby
      
      Gallivan
      
      Stec
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Martins
      
      Rhoads
      
      Sutton
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk
  Jan 21, 2025 - Health Committee Vote
  S428A
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Health Committee Vote: Jan 21, 2025
      
      aye (9)
      
      Brouk
      
      Felder
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      nay (3)
      
      Ashby
      
      Gallivan
      
      Stec
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Martins
      
      Rhoads
      
      excused (1)
      
      Webb

Bill Amendments

Original

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co-Sponsors

2025-S428 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5207
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1358, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A8266
2017-2018: A4534
2019-2020: S4930, A3871
2021-2022: S2532, A8860
2023-2024: S4890, A6529

2025-S428 - Summary

Requires chain restaurants to place an icon on menus next to food items that have a high content of sodium.

2025-S428 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S428

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring chain
restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

 
PURPOSE:

To require chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high
content of sodium.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Public Health Law by adding a new section 1357, as
it relates to chain restaurants and the sodium content of menu items, to
require chain restaurants to place a sodium warning icon next to any
standard menu item that exceeds the daily value for sodium. In this
section terms such as chain menu developer, chain restaurants, daily
value, food service establishment, menu or menu board, and standard menu
item are defined. The Department of Health would develop an icon with

accompanying text to indicate high sodium and would publish guidance
explaining the requirements of the section and how businesses can
comply. This section also establishes reporting requirements,
violations, and exemptions. Non-compliance with this section would be
subject to a civil penalty of up to $250 for each location that violates
the section.

Section 2 provides a severability clause.

Section 3 provides an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that a person
consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. However, Americans eat on
average about 3,400 mg of sodium per day. High sodium intake is one of
the greatest food-related health problems in the nation, contributing to
health problems such as high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
Studies have shown that the vast majority of dietary salt comes from
processed foods and foods eaten outside of the home, such as food served
at restaurants.

While several companies have voluntarily made efforts to reduce salt in
table foods, the FDA continues to press the food industry to reduce
sodium content. This bill seeks to reduce the daily sodium intake of New
Yorkers by requiring the labeling of restaurant items that exceed the
recommended daily value for sodium as recommended by the FDA. With these
new guidelines, New Yorkers can make more informed choices about foods
to order for themselves and their families.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S4930-A Rivera/A3871-A Ortiz

2021-2022: S2532-B Rivera/A8860-B Reyes

2023-2024: S4890-A Rivera/A6529-A Reyes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S428 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    428
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, KAVANAGH, LIU, SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring chain
   restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

   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 section
 1357 to read as follows:
   § 1357. CHAIN RESTAURANTS; SODIUM CONTENT OF MENU  ITEMS.  1.    DEFI-
 NITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A.  "CHAIN MENU DEVELOPER" MEANS THE PERSON THAT OWNS AND LICENSES THE
 BRAND  NAME  UNDER  WHICH A CHAIN RESTAURANT DOES BUSINESS, OR ANY OTHER
 PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING  THE  FORMULA  OR  RECIPE  FOR  ITEMS
 DISPLAYED ON THE MENU OF A CHAIN RESTAURANT.
   B.  "CHAIN  RESTAURANT" MEANS A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, AS DEFINED
 IN PART FOURTEEN OF THE NEW YORK SANITARY CODE 10 NYCRR 14-1.20, THAT IS
 PART OF A CHAIN WITH FIFTEEN OR MORE LOCATIONS WITHIN  THE  STATE  DOING
 BUSINESS UNDER THE SAME NAME, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE
 LOCATIONS, AND OFFERING FOR SALE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR MENU ITEMS.
   C.  "DAILY  VALUE"  MEANS THE DAILY REFERENCE VALUE USED BY THE UNITED
 STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN  CALCULATING  THE  PERCENT  DAILY
 VALUE FOR NUTRITION INFORMATION PROVIDED ON FOOD LABELS.
   D.  "MENU  OR  MENU BOARD" MEANS THE PRIMARY WRITING OF A FOOD SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENT FROM WHICH A CUSTOMER MAKES AN ORDER SELECTION, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER MENUS;  DESSERT  MENUS;
 BEVERAGE  MENUS;  CHILDREN'S  MENUS;  OTHER  SPECIALTY MENUS; ELECTRONIC
 MENUS; AND MENUS ON THE INTERNET.
   E. "STANDARD MENU ITEM" MEANS A FOOD OR BEVERAGE ITEM OFFERED FOR SALE
 BY A CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT IS LISTED ON A MENU OR MENU BOARD,  INCLUDING
 A VARIABLE FOOD OR BEVERAGE ITEM THAT COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS, VARIE-
 TIES,  OR  COMBINATIONS  AND  IS LISTED AS A SINGLE ITEM.  STANDARD MENU

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01666-01-5
 S. 428                              2
 
 ITEM INCLUDES ANY COMBINATION MEAL FOR WHICH ANY COMBINATION OF FOOD  OR
 BEVERAGE  ITEMS  AVAILABLE  TO  THE CONSUMER EXCEEDS THE DAILY VALUE FOR
 SODIUM. STANDARD MENU ITEM INCLUDES TEMPORARY MENU  ITEMS  APPEARING  ON
 THE  MENU FOR LESS THAN A TOTAL OF SIXTY CONSECUTIVE AND NON-CONSECUTIVE
 DAYS PER CALENDAR YEAR.
   2. INDUSTRY GUIDANCE. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE
 OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH GUIDANCE EXPLAINING THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND HOW BUSINESSES CAN COMPLY.
   3.  SODIUM WARNING ICON. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AN ICON WITH ACCOMPA-
 NYING  TEXT THAT SHALL BE DISPLAYED ADJACENT TO THE NAME OF ANY STANDARD
 MENU ITEM THAT EXCEEDS THE DAILY VALUE FOR SODIUM. BEGINNING  TWO  YEARS
 AFTER  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT OPERATING
 WITHIN THE STATE AND NOT OTHERWISE EXEMPTED UNDER SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL DISPLAY ON MENUS OR MENU BOARDS:
   A.    THE SODIUM WARNING ICON AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT PROMULGATED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AT A HEIGHT NO SMALLER THAN THE
 LARGEST LETTER IN THE NAME OF THE ITEM; AND
   B. THE FOLLOWING FACTUAL STATEMENT EXPLAINING THE SODIUM WARNING ICON:
 "WARNING (INSERT ICON IMAGE AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT HERE)  INDICATES  THAT
 THE  SODIUM  (SALT)  CONTENT OF THIS ITEM IS HIGHER THAN THE TOTAL DAILY
 RECOMMENDED LIMIT (2300 MG). HIGH SODIUM INTAKE CAN INCREASE BLOOD PRES-
 SURE AND THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE."
   4.   CHAIN MENU DEVELOPER REPORTING  REQUIREMENT.  ONCE  EVERY  NINETY
 DAYS,  EACH  CHAIN  MENU  DEVELOPER  SHALL  REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT THE
 AMOUNT OF SODIUM IN EACH STANDARD MENU ITEM OFFERED FOR  SALE  IN  THEIR
 CHAIN  RESTAURANT,  OR THAT NO CHANGES TO THE MENU INFORMATION HAVE BEEN
 MADE SINCE THE LAST REPORT.
   5.  REPORT REQUIRED. NO LATER THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE
 OF  THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT REVIEWING EVIDENCE
 OF THE IMPACT OF THIS SECTION ON MENU ITEM  REFORMULATION  AND  CONSUMER
 BEHAVIOR,  AND  RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL NUTRIENTS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
 FOR MENU WARNING ICONS.
   6. VIOLATIONS.  ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT VIOLATES THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO
 HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH LOCATION NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
   7. EXEMPTIONS. THE SODIUM WARNING ICON REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED NEXT TO
 A  MENU ITEM THAT IS ALREADY LABELED WITH A SODIUM ICON EQUAL OR GREATER
 IN SIZE AND SIMILAR IN GENERAL APPEARANCE, WHEN SUCH  ICON  IS  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT  TO  A  RULE, REGULATION, ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAW, ORDER OR POLICY
 ISSUED BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION HAVING THE SAME OR SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR
 EFFECT  AS  DETERMINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER. FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
 EXEMPTED FROM THE SODIUM WARNING LABELING REQUIREMENT BY  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SHALL  BE  USED IN DETERMINING IF A PARTICULAR FOOD SERVICE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT IS A CHAIN RESTAURANT.
   § 2. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of
 any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, or to  violate  or  be
 inconsistent  with  any federal law or regulation, that shall not affect
 the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or  of
 any  other  application of any provision of this act, which can be given
 effect without that provision or  application;  and  to  that  end,  the
 provisions and applications of this act are severable.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2025-S428A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5207
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1358, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A8266
2017-2018: A4534
2019-2020: S4930, A3871
2021-2022: S2532, A8860
2023-2024: S4890, A6529

2025-S428A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires chain restaurants to place an icon on menus next to food items that have a high content of sodium.

2025-S428A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S428A

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring chain
restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium

 
PURPOSE:

To require chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high
content of sodium.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Public Health Law by adding a new section 1358, as
it relates to chain restaurants and the sodium content of menu items, to
require chain restaurants to place a sodium warning icon next to any
standard menu item that exceeds the daily value for sodium. In this
section terms such as chain menu developer, chain restaurants, daily
value, food service establishment, menu or menu board, and standard menu
item are defined. The Department of Health would develop an icon with

accompanying text to indicate high sodium and would publish guidance
explaining the requirements of the section and how businesses can
comply. This section also establishes reporting requirements,
violations, and exemptions. Non-compliance with this section would be
subject to a civil penalty of up to $250 for each location that violates
the section.

Section 2 provides a severability clause.

Section 3 provides an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that a person
consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. However, Americans eat on
average about 3,400 mg of sodium per day. High sodium intake is one of
the greatest food-related health problems in the nation, contributing to
health problems such as high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.
Studies have shown that the vast majority of dietary salt comes from
processed foods and foods eaten outside of the home, such as food served
at restaurants.

While several companies have voluntarily made efforts to reduce salt in
table foods, the FDA continues to press the food industry to reduce
sodium content. This bill seeks to reduce the daily sodium intake of New
Yorkers by requiring the labeling of restaurant items that exceed the
recommended daily value for sodium as recommended by the FDA. With these
new guidelines, New Yorkers can make more informed choices about foods
to order for themselves and their families.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S4930-A Rivera/A3871-A Ortiz

2021-2022: S2532-B Rivera/A8860-B Reyes

2023-2024: S4890-A Rivera/A6529-A Reyes
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S428A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  428--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, SEPULVEDA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Health in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  chain
   restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of sodium
 
   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  section
 1358 to read as follows:
   §  1358.  CHAIN  RESTAURANTS;  SODIUM CONTENT OF MENU ITEMS. 1.  DEFI-
 NITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A.  "CHAIN MENU DEVELOPER" MEANS THE PERSON THAT OWNS AND LICENSES THE
 BRAND NAME UNDER WHICH A CHAIN RESTAURANT DOES BUSINESS,  OR  ANY  OTHER
 PERSON  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  DETERMINING  THE  FORMULA  OR RECIPE FOR ITEMS
 DISPLAYED ON THE MENU OF A CHAIN RESTAURANT.
   B. "CHAIN RESTAURANT" MEANS A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT,  AS  DEFINED
 IN PART FOURTEEN OF THE NEW YORK SANITARY CODE 10 NYCRR 14-1.20, THAT IS
 PART  OF  A  CHAIN WITH FIFTEEN OR MORE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE STATE DOING
 BUSINESS UNDER THE SAME NAME, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE
 LOCATIONS, AND OFFERING FOR SALE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR MENU ITEMS.
   C. "DAILY VALUE" MEANS THE DAILY REFERENCE VALUE USED  BY  THE  UNITED
 STATES  FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION IN CALCULATING THE PERCENT DAILY
 VALUE FOR NUTRITION INFORMATION PROVIDED ON FOOD LABELS.
   D. "MENU OR MENU BOARD" MEANS THE PRIMARY WRITING OF  A  FOOD  SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENT FROM WHICH A CUSTOMER MAKES AN ORDER SELECTION, INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER MENUS; DESSERT MENUS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01666-03-6
 S. 428--A                           2
 
 BEVERAGE MENUS; CHILDREN'S  MENUS;  OTHER  SPECIALTY  MENUS;  ELECTRONIC
 MENUS; AND MENUS ON THE INTERNET.
   E. "STANDARD MENU ITEM" MEANS A FOOD OR BEVERAGE ITEM OFFERED FOR SALE
 BY  A CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT IS LISTED ON A MENU OR MENU BOARD, INCLUDING
 A VARIABLE FOOD OR BEVERAGE ITEM THAT COMES IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS, VARIE-
 TIES, OR COMBINATIONS AND IS LISTED AS A SINGLE  ITEM.    STANDARD  MENU
 ITEM  INCLUDES ANY COMBINATION MEAL FOR WHICH ANY COMBINATION OF FOOD OR
 BEVERAGE ITEMS AVAILABLE TO THE CONSUMER EXCEEDS  THE  DAILY  VALUE  FOR
 SODIUM.  STANDARD  MENU  ITEM INCLUDES TEMPORARY MENU ITEMS APPEARING ON
 THE MENU FOR LESS THAN A TOTAL OF SIXTY CONSECUTIVE AND  NON-CONSECUTIVE
 DAYS PER CALENDAR YEAR.
   2.  INDUSTRY GUIDANCE. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH  GUIDANCE  EXPLAINING  THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND HOW BUSINESSES CAN COMPLY.
   3.    SODIUM  WARNING ICON. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AN ICON WITH ACCOMPA-
 NYING TEXT THAT SHALL BE DISPLAYED ADJACENT TO THE NAME OF ANY  STANDARD
 MENU  ITEM  THAT EXCEEDS THE DAILY VALUE FOR SODIUM. BEGINNING TWO YEARS
 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT  OPERATING
 WITHIN  THE  STATE AND NOT OTHERWISE EXEMPTED UNDER SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL DISPLAY ON MENUS OR MENU BOARDS:
   A.  THE SODIUM WARNING ICON AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT PROMULGATED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AT A HEIGHT NO SMALLER THAN THE
 LARGEST LETTER IN THE NAME OF THE ITEM; AND
   B. THE FOLLOWING FACTUAL STATEMENT EXPLAINING THE SODIUM WARNING ICON:
 "WARNING  (INSERT  ICON IMAGE AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT HERE) INDICATES THAT
 THE SODIUM (SALT) CONTENT OF THIS ITEM IS HIGHER THAN  THE  TOTAL  DAILY
 RECOMMENDED LIMIT (2300 MG). HIGH SODIUM INTAKE CAN INCREASE BLOOD PRES-
 SURE AND THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE."
   4.    CHAIN  MENU  DEVELOPER  REPORTING REQUIREMENT. ONCE EVERY NINETY
 DAYS, EACH CHAIN MENU DEVELOPER  SHALL  REPORT  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  SODIUM  IN EACH STANDARD MENU ITEM OFFERED FOR SALE IN THEIR
 CHAIN RESTAURANT, OR THAT NO CHANGES TO THE MENU INFORMATION  HAVE  BEEN
 MADE SINCE THE LAST REPORT.
   5.   REPORT REQUIRED. NO LATER THAN SIX YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT REVIEWING  EVIDENCE
 OF  THE  IMPACT  OF THIS SECTION ON MENU ITEM REFORMULATION AND CONSUMER
 BEHAVIOR, AND RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL NUTRIENTS THAT SHOULD  BE  CONSIDERED
 FOR MENU WARNING ICONS.
   6.  VIOLATIONS.   ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT  MORE  THAN  TWO
 HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH LOCATION NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
   7.  EXEMPTIONS.  THE SODIUM WARNING ICON REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED NEXT TO
 A MENU ITEM THAT IS ALREADY LABELED WITH A SODIUM ICON EQUAL OR  GREATER
 IN  SIZE  AND  SIMILAR IN GENERAL APPEARANCE, WHEN SUCH ICON IS REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO A RULE, REGULATION, ORDINANCE, LOCAL LAW,  ORDER  OR  POLICY
 ISSUED  BY ANOTHER JURISDICTION HAVING THE SAME OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
 EFFECT AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  FOOD  SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENTS
 EXEMPTED  FROM  THE SODIUM WARNING LABELING REQUIREMENT BY THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL BE USED IN DETERMINING IF A PARTICULAR  FOOD  SERVICE  ESTAB-
 LISHMENT IS A CHAIN RESTAURANT.
   § 2. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of
 any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, or to  violate  or  be
 inconsistent  with  any federal law or regulation, that shall not affect
 the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or  of
 S. 428--A                           3
 
 any  other  application of any provision of this act, which can be given
 effect without that provision or  application;  and  to  that  end,  the
 provisions and applications of this act are severable.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jan 27, 2026 - Health Committee Vote

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Health Committee Vote: Jan 21, 2025

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2025-S428 - Details

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