Senate Bill S6078

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to candy and other food products packaged as tobacco products

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2890
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9922
2011-2012: A1372
2013-2014: A4417
2017-2018: A4197

2015-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale or offering for sale at retail of candy or other food products packaged or shaped to emulate or resemble tobacco products; violations of such provisions shall constitute a violation as defined in the penal law.

2015-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6078

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            October 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to candy and  food
  products packaged as tobacco products

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-k to read as follows:
  S 399-K. CANDY AND FOOD PRODUCTS PACKAGED AS TOBACCO PRODUCTS.  1.  NO
CANDY,  CONFECTION  OR  OTHER  FOOD PRODUCT SHALL BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR
SALE AT RETAIL IN THIS STATE  WHICH  SHALL  BE  PACKAGED  OR  SHAPED  TO
EMULATE  OR  RESEMBLE  ANY  TYPE  OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, CIGARETTES, CIGARS OR POWDERED TOBACCO.
  2. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A
VIOLATION AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02960-02-5


              

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