Assembly Bill A10172

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A10172 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-e, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2320
2017-2018: A5239
2019-2020: A2473
2021-2022: A1000
2023-2024: A685

2013-A10172 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning.

2013-A10172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10172

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 20, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Camara) --
  read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
  Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
  labeling of sugar-sweetened beverages with warnings

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "sugar-sweetened beverages safety warning act".
  S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature  hereby  finds  and  declares
that:
  (a)  the prevalence of obesity in the state has increased dramatically
over the past 30 years. Although no group has escaped the epidemic,  low
income  communities  and  communities  of  color  are disproportionately
affected;
  (b) the obesity epidemic is  of  particular  concern  because  obesity
increases  the  risk  of  diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, asthma and
certain types of cancer. Depending on their level of  obesity,  from  60
percent to over 80 percent of obese adults currently suffer from type II
diabetes,  high  blood cholesterol, high blood pressure or other related
conditions;
  (c) the medical costs for people who are obese are dramatically higher
than for those of normal weight. Overweight and obesity account for $147
billion in health care costs nationally, or 9  percent  of  all  medical
spending,  with  one-half of these costs paid publicly through the Medi-
care and Medicaid programs;
  (d) there is overwhelming evidence of the link between obesity and the
consumption of sweetened beverages, such as soft drinks, energy  drinks,
sweet  teas and sports drinks. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
recommend that everyone reduce their intake of sugar-sweetened  beverag-
es;
  (e) individuals who drink one to two sugar-sweetened beverages per day
have  a 26 percent higher risk for developing type II diabetes. Over the
past 10 years, the percentage of teens nationwide that have diabetes  or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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