S 3214 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Prohibits the sale of foods containing synthetic color additives in schools

Summary

Prohibits the sale of foods containing synthetic color additives in schools except under certain circumstances off and away from the premises or on premises at least a half hour after the end of the school day.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2026

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What changed between versions

S3214A → S3214B · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add Senator Cleare as a sponsor and updated the committee assignment history to reflect a new recommitment under Senate Rule 6. The core text prohibiting the sale of foods with specific synthetic color additives in schools remains substantively unchanged, though the bill number was updated from A to B.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the amendments are administrative updates to sponsorship and committee history.

TECHNICAL

Senator Cleare was added to the list of bill sponsors.

The committee history was updated to include a new recommitment to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, section 8.

The bill identifier was updated from S 3214--A to S 3214--B, and the document reference number was changed from 02-5 to 04-5.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 21, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO EDUCATION

upper

Jan 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3214B

upper

Jan 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 3214A

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors