New York S 9579: Requires certain establishments provide tap water on request

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S09579 Summary:

BILL NOS09579 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10570

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSR

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Amd §106, ABC L

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Requires certain establishments provide tap water on request.

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BILL NOS09579 

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03/26/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

04/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.721

04/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/22/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9579

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 requiring retail licensees for on-premises alcohol consumption provide
 tap water upon request

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

 1 Section 1. Section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
 3 18. All retail licensees for on-premises consumption, except corpo-
 4 rations operating a vessel, railroad car, or aircraft being operated on
 5 regularly scheduled flights by a United States certificated airline,
 6 shall serve tap water to a patron, upon request, at no cost to such
 7 patron. Such water shall meet all federal and state requirements
 8 concerning purity of drinking water and shall be supplied in a recepta-
 9 cle of not less than eight ounces per serving.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15156-01-6

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