Food facilities: retail food safety.

The legislative counsel's digest was cleaned up to remove a drafting artifact where 'authorize require' appeared (showing both old and new language); it now reads simply 'require.'

Added passage dates: Passed the Senate August 17, 2026, and Passed the Assembly July 2, 2026.

Removed amendment history headers (dates of prior Senate and Assembly amendments) and the introduced-by/coauthors section, as these are no longer needed in the enrolled version.

Added signature blocks for Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the Assembly, Private Secretary of the Governor, and the Governor's approval line, consistent with enrolled bill format.

Changed the requirement for air curtain devices and self-closing devices on passthrough windows from permissive ('may be approved if equipped with') to mandatory ('shall be equipped with'), applying to both openings between 216-432 square inches and openings larger than 432 square inches.

Added 'Notwithstanding paragraph (1)' language before paragraphs (2) and (3) to make explicit that the larger opening provisions override the 216 square inch base limit.

Removed the provision that allowed enforcement agencies to approve alternative passthrough window or service opening designs if they could adequately maintain exclusion of vermin or other means of contamination. This eliminates a flexibility mechanism for non-standard designs.

Narrowed the permitted use of passthrough windows from 'drive-thru service functions, including distributing food or beverages to customers and other necessary functions related to fulfilling orders' to being 'used specifically for food delivery operations.' This is a tighter restriction that may exclude some drive-thru configurations that previously qualified.

Minor formatting changes including page number renumbering (98 to 97), spacing adjustments, and a duplicated word ('opening opening') introduced in the new text.

For passthrough windows up to 216 square inches, the requirement for a self-closing device was removed. The amended text only requires 'a solid or screened window that is closed when not in use,' which is a less prescriptive standard that could be met by any mechanism that keeps the window shut.

The prohibition on using passthrough windows as entrances or exits for employees or customers was moved from subsection (c)(2) to a new standalone subsection labeled (b), creating a numbering conflict with the existing subsection (b) about enforcement agency approval of alternatives. This appears to be a drafting error.

The legislative counsel's digest was reworded for clarity, changing 'would prohibit it from being used' to 'The bill would prohibit a passthrough window or other service opening from being used as an entrance or exit for employees or customers.'