Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to consumer protection returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 07, 2017 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 09, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.807 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 08, 2017 |
print number 5125a |
May 08, 2017 |
amend and recommit to consumer protection |
Mar 09, 2017 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S5125A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2017-S5125 - Details
2017-S5125 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5125 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would prohibit businesses from selling machetes to minors. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Of the general business law, no person, firm, or corporation shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a machete to any person under eighteen years of age. To define, the term "machete" means a large heavy knife with a broad blade, used primarily for cutting brush or vegetation. Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION : In recent years, the number of violent assaults between and among gangs have increased in the State of New York. In many of these attacks, machetes have been the weapon of choice. By prohibiting sale to minors, this bill seeks to reduce accessibility of this dangerous
2017-S5125 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5125 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 399-qq of the general business law, as added by chapter 243 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: § 399-qq. Sale or promotional distribution of MACHETES, utility knives, box cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or corpo- ration shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any person under eighteen years of age. 2. For purposes of this section, the term "utility knife", "box cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade, retractable or non-retractable, attached to or contained within a plas- tic or metal housing. THE TERM "MACHETE" MEANS A LARGE HEAVY KNIFE WITH A BROAD BLADE, USED PRIMARILY FOR CUTTING BRUSH OR VEGETATION. 3. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the temporary transfer of a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to a person under eighteen years of age by such person's employer where such device is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during the course and scope of such person's employment. 4. No provision of this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of any county, city, town or village to enact and enforce additional local laws, ordinances or codes, or portions thereof, provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. 5. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
2017-S5125A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S5125A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5125A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would prohibit businesses from selling machetes to minors. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Of the general business law, no person, firm, or corporation shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a machete to any person under eighteen years of age. To define, the term "machete" means a large heavy knife with a broad blade, used primarily for cutting brush or vegetation. Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION : In recent years, the number of violent assaults between and among gangs have increased in the State of New York. In many of these attacks, machetes have been the weapon of choice. By prohibiting sale to minors, this bill seeks to reduce accessibility of this dangerous
2017-S5125A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5125--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or promotional distribution of machetes to minors THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 399-qq of the general business law, as added by chapter 243 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: § 399-qq. Sale or promotional distribution of MACHETES, utility knives, box cutters, or box cart cutters. 1. No person, firm, or corpo- ration shall sell or offer to sell or give away as either a retail or wholesale promotion a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to any person under eighteen years of age. 2. For purposes of this section, the term "utility knife", "box cutter", or "box cart cutter" means a knife consisting of a razor blade, retractable or non-retractable, attached to or contained within a plas- tic or metal housing. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MACHETE" MEANS A LARGE HEAVY KNIFE WITH A BROAD BLADE, USED PRIMARILY FOR CUTTING BRUSH OR VEGETATION. 3. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the temporary transfer of a MACHETE, utility knife, box cutter, or box cart cutter to a person under eighteen years of age by such person's employer where such device is possessed only on the employer's premises and only during the course and scope of such person's employment. 4. No provision of this section shall be deemed to restrict the authority of any county, city, town or village to enact and enforce additional local laws, ordinances or codes, or portions thereof, provided the provisions thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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