Senate Bill S8089

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building

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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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2019-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10138
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-oo, amd §391-o, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S16, A431
2023-2024: S5823, A5610

2019-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building; prohibits the sale of over-the-counter diet pills or dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to people under 18; increases the penalty amount for the sale or promotional distribution of dietary supplements containing ephedra.

2019-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8089
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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  establishing
   restrictions  on  the  sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary
   supplements for weight loss or muscle building  and  increasing  civil
   penalties  for the sale or promotional distribution of dietary supple-
   ments containing ephedra
 
   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
 391-oo to read as follows:
   §  391-OO. SALE OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DIET PILLS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
 FOR WEIGHT LOSS OR MUSCLE BUILDING. 1.  NO  PERSON,  FIRM,  CORPORATION,
 PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY, OR OTHER ENTITY
 SHALL SELL OR OFFER TO SELL OR GIVE AWAY, AS EITHER A RETAIL  OR  WHOLE-
 SALE  PROMOTION, AN OVER-THE-COUNTER DIET PILL OR DIETARY SUPPLEMENT FOR
 WEIGHT LOSS OR MUSCLE BUILDING WITHIN NEW YORK STATE TO ANY PERSON UNDER
 EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "DIETARY  SUPPLEMENTS FOR WEIGHT LOSS OR MUSCLE BUILDING" MEANS A
 CLASS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED  NINETY-
 ONE-O OF THIS ARTICLE SOLD FOR OR USED WITH THE INTENT TO ACHIEVE WEIGHT
 LOSS OR BUILD MUSCLE;
   (B)  "OVER-THE-COUNTER DIET PILLS" MEANS A CLASS OF DRUGS, SOLD FOR OR
 USED WITH THE INTENT TO ACHIEVE WEIGHT LOSS OR  BUILD  MUSCLE  THAT  ARE
 LAWFULLY  SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR FURNISHED OVER-THE-COUNTER WITH OR WITH-
 OUT A PRESCRIPTION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT,
 21 U.S.C. SECTION 301 ET. SEQ., OR REGULATIONS ADOPTED THEREUNDER; AND
   (C) "DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR  WEIGHT  LOSS  OR  MUSCLE  BUILDING"  AND
 "OVER-THE-COUNTER DIET PILLS" MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THER-
 MOGENS,  WHICH  ARE SUBSTANCES THAT PRODUCE HEAT IN THE BODY AND PROMOTE
 MORE CALORIE BURNING, LIPOTROPICS, WHICH ARE COMPOUNDS THAT  HELP  BREAK
 DOWN  FAT DURING BODY METABOLISM, HORMONES, INCLUDING HORMONE MODULATORS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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