senate Bill S4048

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes no itinerant vendor shall offer for sale baby food, nonprescription drugs, cosmetics and batteries

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  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 12, 2018 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 23, 2018 advanced to third reading
Jan 22, 2018 2nd report cal.
Jan 17, 2018 1st report cal.219
Jan 03, 2018 referred to consumer protection
returned to senate
died in assembly
Mar 31, 2017 referred to economic development
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 13, 2017 advanced to third reading
Mar 08, 2017 2nd report cal.
Mar 07, 2017 1st report cal.358
Feb 02, 2017 referred to consumer protection

Votes

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Jan 17, 2018 - Consumer Protection committee Vote

S4048
10
0
committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Consumer Protection Committee Vote: Jan 17, 2018

aye wr (1)

Mar 7, 2017 - Consumer Protection committee Vote

S4048
10
0
committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Consumer Protection Committee Vote: Mar 7, 2017

aye wr (1)

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S4048 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5581
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §38, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S39
2011-2012: S525
2013-2014: S743, S6290, A2027
2015-2016: S3840, A6012
2019-2020: S1403, A7437
2021-2022: S3986

S4048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes no itinerant vendor, except for a manufacturer, an authorized manufacturer's representative, or authorized distributor, shall offer for sale baby food, nonprescription drugs, cosmetics or batteries.

S4048 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  4048

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  itinerant
  vendors

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

  Section 1. Section 38 of the general business law, as added by chapter
282 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  § 38. Prohibited sales. No itinerant vendor, except for A  MANUFACTUR-
ER, an authorized manufacturer's representative, or authorized distribu-
tor, shall offer for sale any of the following items:
  1. [Food manufactured and packaged for sale for consumption by a child
under the age of two years; or
  2. Drugs as defined in section three thousand three hundred two of the
public  health law] BABY FOOD, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY FOOD MANUFACTURED
AND PACKAGED SPECIFICALLY FOR CONSUMPTION BY A CHILD UNDER TWO YEARS  OF
AGE.  THE TERM SHALL INCLUDE INFANT FORMULA;
  2.  NONPRESCRIPTION  DRUGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY NON-NARCOTIC MEDI-
CINE OR DRUG THAT MAY BE SOLD WITHOUT A  PRESCRIPTION.  THE  TERM  SHALL
INCLUDE  ANY  DRUGS  COMMONLY KNOWN AS "OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS," DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS AS DEFINED IN 21 USC 32(FF),  AND  VITAMINS  AND  SUBSTANCES
RECOGNIZED  AS  DRUGS IN THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA, OFFI-
CIAL  HOMEOPATHIC  PHARMACOPOEIA  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  OR  OFFICIAL
NATIONAL FORMULARY, OR ANY SUPPLEMENT TO SUCH PUBLICATIONS;
  3.  COSMETICS,  WHICH  SHALL  MEAN  MERCHANDISE,  OTHER THAN SOAP, BUT
INCLUDING RAZOR BLADES, THAT IS INTENDED TO BE  RUBBED,  POURED,  SPRIN-
KLED,  OR  SPRAYED  ONTO,  INTRODUCED  INTO, OR OTHERWISE APPLIED TO THE
HUMAN BODY OR ANY PART THEREOF  FOR  CLEANSING,  BEAUTIFYING,  PROMOTING
ATTRACTIVENESS, OR ALTERING THE APPEARANCE OF THE HUMAN BODY OR ANY PART
THEREOF; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09588-01-7

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