Senate Bill S6597

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S6597 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-uu, Gen Bus L

2023-S6597 - Summary

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.

2023-S6597 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6597 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6597
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have
   tangible menus available upon request

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-uu to read as follows:
   § 396-UU. TANGIBLE MENUS. ANY RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE SHALL,  UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF A CUSTOMER, MAKE AVAILABLE A PRINTED OR TANGIBLE MENU COMMU-
 NICATING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEVERAGES  AND  FOOD  AVAILABLE
 FOR  SALE  BY  SUCH RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
 THE ONLY MENU AVAILABLE BE ACCESSIBLE  EXCLUSIVELY  THROUGH  DIGITAL  OR
 ONLINE  MEANS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "RESTAURANT"
 AND "LICENSEE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00271-01-3

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-uu, Gen Bus L

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6597A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6597--A
     Cal. No. 1357
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to first report,
   amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have
   tangible menus available upon request
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-uu to read as follows:
   §  396-UU.  TANGIBLE  MENUS.  ANY  RESTAURANT OR LICENSEE POSSESSING A
 RETAIL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  SIX  OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW SHALL,
 UPON THE REQUEST OF A CUSTOMER, MAKE AVAILABLE  A  PRINTED  OR  TANGIBLE
 MENU  COMMUNICATING  ESSENTIAL  INFORMATION ABOUT THE BEVERAGES AND FOOD
 AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY SUCH RESTAURANT OR  LICENSEE.    A  TANGIBLE  MENU
 SHALL INCLUDE LEGIBLE SIGNAGE POSTED ON A WALL OR IN ANOTHER CONSPICUOUS
 LOCATION.    UNDER  NO  CIRCUMSTANCES  SHALL  THE ONLY MENU AVAILABLE BE
 ACCESSIBLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH DIGITAL OR ONLINE MEANS. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "RESTAURANT" AND "LICENSEE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 SAME MEANING AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE ALCOHOL-
 IC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00271-05-3

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