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S 3216: Requires restaurants and persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages to have tangible menus available upon request.
What S 3216 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires restaurants and establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to have a tangible menu available upon request. The menu must include essential information about the beverages and food available for sale and must be legible and accessible in a conspicuous location. The menu cannot be the only available option and must be accessible in a physical format, not solely through digital means. This requirement aims to improve transparency and customer awareness of the food and beverage options available.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3216
- What is the current status of S 3216?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3216 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION".
- Did S 3216 pass?
- Not yet. S 3216 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3216, and where is it now?
- S 3216 was authored by Sen. Brian Kavanagh. Its committee of record is Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| Jan. 24, 2025 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 24, 2025 · 282 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3216 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2025 ___________ 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: 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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