New York A 8260: Relates to banning push notifications from a food service establishment or a third-party delivery platform to minors

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A08260 Summary:

BILL NOA08260A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07871-A

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSRShimsky, Epstein, Manktelow, Dinowitz, Steck, Reyes, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390-f, Gen Bus L

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Bans push notifications from a food service establishment or a third-party delivery platform to minors.

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BILL NOA08260A

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05/05/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

11/14/2025amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

11/14/2025print number 8260a

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8260--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO, SHIMSKY, EPSTEIN, MANKTELOW, DINOWITZ,
 STECK, REYES, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to banning push
 notifications from a food service establishment or a third-party food
 delivery platform to minors

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 390-f to read as follows:
 3 § 390-f. Push notifications from certain mobile applications to
 4 minors. 1. Any mobile application or mobile platform, operated by, oper-
 5 ated on behalf of, or owned by any food service establishment, as
 6 defined by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred
 7 ninety-one-v of this article, or any third-party delivery platform, as
 8 defined by paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section three hundred
 9 ninety-one-v of this article, shall require an individual to manually
 10 enter the individual's date of birth when registering for an account
 11 with such platform or application.
 12 2. Any mobile application or mobile platform which is operated by,
 13 operated on behalf of, or owned by any food service establishment, as
 14 defined by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred
 15 ninety-one-v of this article, or any third-party delivery platform, as
 16 defined by paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section three hundred
 17 ninety-one-v of this article, shall be prohibited from initiating or
 18 sending mobile device push notifications or text message notifications,
 19 including alerts, designed to encourage an individual to engage with
 20 such application or platform, where such individual has registered for
 21 an account with a date of birth which indicate that such person is a
 22 minor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11444-04-5

 A. 8260--A 2

 1 3. For purposes of this section:
 2 (a) Push notification means an automatic electronic message displayed
 3 on a mobile device, when the user interface for a food service estab-
 4 lishment or a third-party food delivery platform or application is not
 5 actively open or visible on the device, that prompts the account holder
 6 to check or engage with such a platform or application.
 7 (b) Minor means an individual under the age of eighteen.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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