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S 7871: Bans push notifications from a food service establishment or a third-party delivery platform to minors.
What S 7871 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to protect minors from unwanted push notifications from food service establishments and third-party food delivery platforms. Any mobile application or platform operated by or on behalf of a food service establishment or third-party delivery platform must require users to manually enter their date of birth when registering for an account. This is to prevent the platform from sending notifications to minors. The bill prohibits platforms from initiating or sending push notifications or text messages designed to encourage engagement with the platform if the user has registered with a date of birth indicating they are a minor. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7871
- What is the current status of S 7871?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 7871 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 7871 pass?
- Not yet. S 7871 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7871, and where is it now?
- S 7871 was authored by Sen. Patricia Fahy. Its committee of record is Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| Nov. 12, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 7871A |
| Nov. 12, 2025 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| May. 12, 2025 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 12, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7871 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 banning push notifications from fast food mobile applications 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 fast food mobile applications to 4 minors. 1. Any mobile application or mobile platform, operated by, oper- 5 ated on behalf of, or owned by any fast-food establishment, shall 6 require an individual to manually enter the individual's date of birth 7 when registering for an account with such platform or application. 8 2. Any mobile application or mobile platform which is operated by, 9 operated on behalf of, or owned by any fast-food establishment shall be 10 prohibited from initiating or sending mobile device push notifications 11 or text message notifications, including alerts, designed to encourage 12 an individual to engage with such application or platform, where such 13 individual has registered for an account with a date of birth which 14 indicate that such person is a minor. 15 3. For purposes of this section: 16 (a) Push notification means an automatic electronic message displayed 17 on a mobile device, when the user interface for a fast-food establish- 18 ment's platform or application is not actively open or visible on the 19 device, that prompts the account holder to check or engage with such a 20 platform or application. 21 (b) Minor means an individual under the age of eighteen. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11444-01-5
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