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NY S04930

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/18/2019

Primary Sponsor

Gustavo Rivera

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires chain restaurants with 15 or more locations in New York under the same name and ownership or franchise agreements to place a salt-shaker symbol next to menu items containing more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium.

  • Mandates menus include a statement explaining that the salt-shaker symbol indicates high sodium content (over 2,300 milligrams).

  • Establishes a civil penalty of up to $250 for each non-compliant menu.

  • Exempts chain restaurants located in cities with populations over one million that have already adopted the same or substantially similar sodium labeling requirement.

  • Takes effect one year after enactment into law.

Legislative Description

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.

Last Action

COMMITTED TO RULES

12/28/2020

Committee Referrals

Rules12/28/2020
Health1/8/2020
Codes6/18/2019
Health3/29/2019

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