Assembly Bill A404

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to regulating the sale of certain balloons

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A404 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8565
2021-2022: A1385

2023-A404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of electrically conductive balloons.

2023-A404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    404
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of certain balloons
 
   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
 399-k to read as follows:
   §  399-K. PROHIBIT THE SALE OF CERTAIN BALLOONS. 1. IT SHALL BE UNLAW-
 FUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM,    PARTNERSHIP  OR  CORPORATION  TO  KNOWINGLY
 IMPORT,  SELL,  OFFER  FOR  SALE,  MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, TRANSPORT OR
 OTHERWISE MARKET ANY BALLOON  OR  OTHER  INFLATABLE  OBJECT  MADE  OF  A
 CONDUCTIVE  MATERIAL,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MYLAR, FILLED WITH A
 GAS WHICH IS LIGHTER THAN AIR WITHOUT:
   (A) A WEIGHT AFFIXED TO SUCH OBJECT WHICH  PREVENTS  THE  OBJECT  FROM
 BEING LIGHTER THAN AIR;
   (B) A WARNING STATEMENT ATTACHED TO SUCH OBJECT; OR
   (C)  IDENTIFICATION  INFORMATION  OF  THE  MANUFACTURER PRINTED ON THE
 OBJECT.
   2. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP  OR  CORPO-
 RATION  TO KNOWINGLY IMPORT, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIB-
 UTE, TRANSPORT OR OTHERWISE  MARKET  ANY  BALLOON  OR  OTHER  INFLATABLE
 OBJECT  WHICH  HAS  ATTACHED  AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRING, TETHER,
 STREAMER, OR OTHER ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE APPURTENANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00205-01-3

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