Bill Text - HB1668 (2018)

Relative to children's meals served by food service establishments.


Revision: Nov. 13, 2017, 12:57 p.m.

HB 1668 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2762

05/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1668

 

AN ACT relative to children's meals served by food service establishments.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26; Rep. Murray, Rock. 24; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Francese, Rock. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill limits the type of beverages offered with a children's meal to milk, water, sparkling or flavored water, and juice.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2762

05/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to children's meals served by food service establishments.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subdivision; Children's Meals.  Amend RSA 143-A by inserting after section 20 the following new subdivision:

Children's Meals

143-A:21  Beverages Offered with Children's Meals.   

I.  If a food service establishment licensed under RSA 143-A:4 offers a children's meal that includes a choice of beverage, the beverages offered shall be limited to milk or a non-dairy milk alternative, 100 percent juice or fruit juice combined with water or carbonated water with no added caloric sweetness, water, sparkling water, or flavored water with no added natural or artificial sweeteners.

II.  In this section, a "children's meal" means a combination of food items or food and a beverage that is sold together at a single price and is primarily intended for consumption by children.

III.  Nothing in this section shall preclude the food service establishment from offering any lawful nonalcoholic beverage to a minor for a charge.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect November 1, 2018.