New York A 5305: Enacts the infant vision information, education and wellness program act

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A05305 Summary:

BILL NOA05305A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00427-A

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRKelles, Hevesi, Raga, Gonzalez-Rojas, Rosenthal, Meeks, Sayegh, Lucas, Magnarelli, Torres

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1359, Pub Health L

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Requires chain restaurants to display an added sugars warning next to or directly under the name of each food item with high added sugars content wherever such food item is listed on a menu, menu board, or food tag, and by any self-serve dispensing point at which such food item is dispensed.

Go to top A05305 Actions:

BILL NOA05305A

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02/13/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/11/2026reported referred to codes

05/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

05/31/2026amend and recommit to ways and means

05/31/2026print number 5305a

Go to topA05305 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/11/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA05305 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05305 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5305--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, KELLES, HEVESI, RAGA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 ROSENTHAL, MEEKS, SAYEGH, LUCAS, MAGNARELLI, TORRES -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and
 referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring chain
 restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of added
 sugars

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1359 to read as follows:
 3 § 1359. Added sugar safety warnings for chain restaurants. 1. Defi-
 4 nitions. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 a. "Chain menu developer" means a person that owns and licenses the
 7 brand name under which the covered establishment does business, or any
 8 other person responsible for determining the formula or recipe for items
 9 displayed on the menu of a covered establishment.
 10 b. "Covered establishment" means a food service establishment, as
 11 defined in part fourteen of the New York sanitary code 10 NYCRR 14-1.20,
 12 that is part of a chain with fifteen or more locations within the state
 13 doing business under the same name, regardless of the type of ownership
 14 of the locations, and offering for sale substantially similar food
 15 items.
 16 c. "Food tag" means a written or printed description of food or bever-
 17 ages and their price, placed in the vicinity of a sample or self-serve
 18 item, including free-standing tags and tags attached to the shelf.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01668-02-6

 A. 5305--A 2

 1 d. "Discrete serving" means the separated or easily separable uniform
 2 portion or portions of a food item comprising a reasonable estimate of
 3 one person's share of the food item. Food items without separated or
 4 easily separable uniform portions do not contain discrete servings.
 5 e. "High added sugars content" means the item contains one hundred
 6 percent or more of the dai