Assembly Bill A6544

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale, manufacture, and distribution of vapor products

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  • 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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2021-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6376
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-cc, 1399-dd, 1399-ll & 1399-aa, add §§1399-dd-2 & 1399-kk-1, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3404, S9012

2021-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale, manufacture, and distribution of vapor products; requires distributors and manufacturers of vapor products to obtain permits; prohibits the sale of illicit vapor products; creates a vapor product directory.

2021-A6544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6544
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale, manufac-
   ture, and distribution of vapor products
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions  3  and  4  of section 1399-cc of the public
 health law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 100 of the laws of  2019
 and  subdivision  4  as  amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, are
 amended to read as follows:
   3. Sale of  tobacco  products,  herbal  cigarettes,  liquid  nicotine,
 shisha  or  electronic cigarettes in such places, [other than] INCLUDING
 by a vending machine, shall be made only to  an  individual  who  demon-
 strates,  through (a) a valid driver's license or non-driver's identifi-
 cation card issued by the commissioner of motor  vehicles,  the  federal
 government, any United States territory, commonwealth or possession, the
 District  of  Columbia, a state government within the United States or a
 provincial government of the dominion of Canada, or (b) a valid passport
 issued by the United States government or any other country, or  (c)  an
 identification  card  issued  by  the armed forces of the United States,
 indicating that the individual is at least twenty-one years of age. Such
 identification need not be required of  any  individual  who  reasonably
 appears to be at least twenty-five years of age, provided, however, that
 such  appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleg-
 ing the sale of a tobacco product, herbal cigarettes,  liquid  nicotine,
 shisha  or electronic cigarettes to an individual under twenty-one years
 of age.
   4. (a) Any person  operating  a  place  of  business  wherein  tobacco
 products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine, shisha or electronic ciga-
 rettes  are  sold  or offered for sale [may] SHALL perform a transaction
 scan as a precondition for such purchases.

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

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