Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 08, 2023 | referred to health |
assembly Bill A3907
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Linda Rosenthal
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Rebecca Seawright
Inez E. Dickens
A3907 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3907 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3907 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, L. ROSENTHAL, JEAN-PIERRE, SEAWRIGHT, DICKENS, SIMON, EPSTEIN, DINOWITZ, GLICK, STECK, JACOBSON, MEEKS, ZINERMAN, JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and accessories THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1399-cc-1 to read as follows: § 1399-CC-1. RETAIL SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ACCESSORIES PROHIBITED. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHARACTERIZ- ING FLAVOR" SHALL MEAN A DISTINGUISHABLE TASTE OR AROMA, OTHER THAN THE TASTE OR AROMA OF TOBACCO, IMPARTED EITHER PRIOR TO OR DURING CONSUMP- TION OF A TOBACCO PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TASTES OR AROMAS RELATING TO ANY FRUIT, CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, HONEY, CANDY, COCOA, DESSERT, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MINT, WINTERGREEN, HERB, SPICE, OR MENTHOL, OR ANY CONCEPT FLAVOR THAT IMPARTS A TASTE OR AROMA THAT IS DISTINGUISH- ABLE FROM TOBACCO FLAVOR BUT MAY NOT RELATE TO ANY PARTICULAR KNOWN FLAVOR. 2. NO TOBACCO BUSINESS, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY OF THE TAX LAW, OR EMPLOYEE OF SUCH ENTITIES SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR RETAIL SALE TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITH A CHARACTERIZING FLAVOR OR ACCESSORIES THAT IMPART A CHARACTERIZING FLAVOR TO A TOBACCO PRODUCT IN THIS STATE. 3. ANY TOBACCO BUSINESS, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY OF THE TAX LAW THAT VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE SUBMIT- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02207-01-3