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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1239: Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1239 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act". Primary sponsor: Brian Kavanagh (Democratic). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 21, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the "food safety and chemical disclosure act"; prohibits certain food additives and food color additives; provides that in an action to enforce compliance, the recognition by the federal food and drug administration of any of these substances as safe may not be alleged as a defense; establishes requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brian KavanaghPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Jack MartinsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate7
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A1556G
  5. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  6. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. REPASSED SENATE
  8. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1239F
  9. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  10. RETURNED TO SENATE
  11. RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
  12. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source