New York A 10309: Relates to the regulation and licensing of on-demand pay providers

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A10309 Summary:

BILL NOA10309 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORAnderson

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COSPNSRShimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 2 Title 5-A §§264 & 264-a, Pub Health L; add §99-uu, St Fin L

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Establishes the "responsible fast food and public health act" which assesses annual fees against fast food chains to be used for educational outreach on obesity and nutrition; creates the childhood nutrition and obesity prevention fund.

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BILL NOA10309 

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02/20/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10309

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in
 relation to establishing the "responsible fast food and public health
 act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "responsible fast food and public health act".
 3 § 2. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 4 title 5-A to be read as follows:
 5 TITLE 5-A
 6 FAST FOOD RESPONSIBILITY ACT
 7 Section 264. Definitions.
 8 264-a. Implementation.
 9 § 264. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following mean-
 10 ings for the purposes of this section:
 11 1. "Fast food chain" shall mean a set of restaurants consisting of
 12 twenty-five or more establishments nationally that either share a common
 13 brand or are characterized by standardized options for decor, marketing,
 14 packaging, products, and services.
 15 2. "Fast food restaurant" shall mean any establishment in the state
 16 that is part of a fast food chain and that, in its regular business
 17 operations, primarily provides food or beverages according to all of the
 18 following:
 19 (a) for immediate consumption, either on or off the premises;
 20 (b) to customers who order or select items and pay before eating;
 21 (c) with items prepared in advance, including items that may be
 22 prepared in bulk and kept hot, or with items prepared or heated quickly;
 23 and
 24 (d) with limited or no table service. For the purposes of this
 25 section, "table service" shall not include orders placed by a customer
 26 on an electronic device.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14883-01-6

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 1 3. "Franchise" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section six
 2 hundred eighty-one of the general business law.
 3 § 264-a. Implementation. 1. Any fast food chain with ten or more fast
 4 food restaurants operating in the state of New York, whether operated
 5 directly or through franchise agreements, shall be assessed an annual
 6 public health fee in accordance with the following schedule:
 7 (a) ten to twenty-four locations within the state: fifteen thousand
 8 dollars;
 9 (b) twenty-five to ninety-nine locations within the state: twenty-five
 10 thousand dollars; or
 11 (c) one hundred or more locations within the state: forty thousand
 12 dollars.
 13 2. Such public health fees shall be collected by the department annu-
 14 ally on a date to be determined by such department and deposited into
 15 the childhood nutrition and obesity prevention fund established under
 16 section ninety-nine-uu of the state finance law.
 17 § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-uu to
 18 read as follows:
 19 § 99-uu. Childhood nutrition and obesity prevention fund. 1. There is
 20 hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the
 21 commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the
 22 "childhood nutrition and obesity prevention fund".
 23 2. Such fund shall consist of monies received in accordance with
 24 section two hundred sixty-four-a of the public health law and all other
 25 monies appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other
 26 fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section s