Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 14, 2020 |
reported and committed to rules |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to health |
Dec 30, 2019 |
print number 3905a |
Dec 30, 2019 |
amend and recommit to health |
Feb 21, 2019 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S3905A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2019-S3905 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1399-aa, 1399-hh, 1399-jj & 1399-kk, Pub Health L
2019-S3905 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3905 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including elec- tronic cigarettes in the regulation of tobacco products PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill amends the public health law to prevent access to electronic cigarettes by persons younger than 18 years. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 13 of 1399-aa, deeming electronic ciga- rettes to be cigarettes for the purposes of the article. It amends subdivision two of 1399-gg to indicate the number of electronic ciga- rettes that may be sold or distributed in a package. It amends subdivi- sion two of 1399-11 to indicate the number of electronic cigarettes that may be transported by a person who is not licensed as a cigarette tax
2019-S3905 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3905 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including elec- tronic cigarettes in the regulation of tobacco products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 1399-aa of the public health law, as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 13. "Electronic cigarette" or "e-cigarette" means an electronic device that delivers vapor which is inhaled by an individual user, and shall include any refill, cartridge and any other component of such a device. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND E-CIGARETTES SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CIGARETTES. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1399-gg of the public health law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 2. No person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or otherwise distributing tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, cigarette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, or any agent or employee of such person, shall manufacture or cause to be manufactured for sale in this state, or sell or distribute in this state: (a) any package or other container of cigarettes containing fewer than twenty cigarettes (OTHER THAN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES); (b) any package of roll-your-own tobacco containing less than six-tenths of an ounce of tobacco; or (c) any package or other container of cigarette wrapping papers, wrapping leaves or tubes, that are or are held out to be suitable for use or used as devices to wrap tobacco for smoking, containing fewer than twenty sheets, leaves or tubes. § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1399-ll of the public health law, as added by chapter 262 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01661-01-9
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2019-S3905A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1399-aa, 1399-hh, 1399-jj & 1399-kk, Pub Health L
2019-S3905A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3905A SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including elec- tronic cigarettes in the regulation of tobacco products PURPOSE: To regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way as tobacco products to prevent access to products by persons younger than 21 years. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends § 1399-hh of the Public Health Law, to include elec- tronic cigarettes as a part of the enforcement provisions of law allow- ing funds for tobacco enforcement programs to also be used for the purposes of regulating electronic cigarettes. Section two amends § 1399-jj of the Public Health Law, to include the
2019-S3905A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3905--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including elec- tronic cigarettes in the regulation of tobacco products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 14. "VAPOR PRODUCTS DEALER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVI- SION (B) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THE TAX LAW. § 2. Section 1399-hh of the public health law, as added by chapter 433 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: § 1399-hh. Tobacco AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE enforcement. The commis- sioner shall develop, plan and implement a comprehensive program to reduce the prevalence of tobacco AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE use, partic- ularly among persons less than [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE years of age. This program shall include, but not be limited to, support for enforcement of THIS article [thirteen-F of this chapter]. 1. An enforcement officer, as defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-t of this chapter, may annually, on such dates as shall be fixed by the commissioner, submit an application for such monies as are made available for such purpose. Such application shall be in such form as prescribed by the commissioner and shall include, but not be limited to, plans regarding random spot checks, including the number and types of compliance checks that will be conducted, and other activities to determine compliance with this article. Each such plan shall include an agreement to report to the commissioner: the names and addresses of tobacco retailers and vendors AND VAPOR PRODUCTS DEALERS determined to be unlicensed, if any; the number of complaints filed against licensed EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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