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A 2412: Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.
What A 2412 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires restaurants and establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to make tangible menus available upon customer request. These menus must include essential information about available beverages and food. The menus should be printed or printed on a physical material and displayed in a conspicuous location. They cannot be accessible only through digital means. The bill aims to provide customers with a clear and easily accessible option for understanding the menu offerings. The tangible menus will become effective 30 days after the bill is passed.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to consumer affairs and protection (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 282 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2412 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALLAGHER, FALL, BEEPHAN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and 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: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 396-uu to read as follows: 3 § 396-uu. Tangible menus. Any restaurant or licensee possessing a 4 retail license for on-premises consumption subject to the provisions of 5 section one hundred six of the alcoholic beverage control law shall, 6 upon the request of a customer, make available a printed or tangible 7 menu communicating essential information about the beverages and food 8 available for sale by such restaurant or licensee. A tangible menu 9 shall include legible signage posted on a wall or in another conspicuous 10 location. Under no circumstances shall the only menu available be 11 accessible exclusively through digital or online means. For the purposes 12 of this section, the terms "restaurant" and "licensee" shall have the 13 same meaning as those terms are defined in section three of the alcohol- 14 ic beverage control law. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00918-01-5
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