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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 397: Relates to food and food product advertising

Passed one chamber 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 397 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to food and food product advertising. Primary sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 397A.

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.

Relates to false or misleading advertisements of food and food products; provides factors to determine whether an advertisement is false or misleading; provides for enforcement and a private right of action.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Zellnor MyriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. PRINT NUMBER 397A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
  3. REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
  4. RETURNED TO SENATE
  5. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  6. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  7. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  8. PASSED SENATE
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.511
  12. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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