Assembly Bill A9017

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of certain hazardous inhalants to persons under the age of twenty-one

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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-A9017 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8156
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3380, Pub Health L; add §399-hhhh, Gen Bus L

2023-A9017 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of certain hazardous inhalants to persons under the age of twenty-one.

2023-A9017 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9017
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the general business  law,  in
   relation  to  prohibiting  the  sale of certain hazardous inhalants to
   persons under the age of twenty-one
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 4 of section
 3380  of the public health law, as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of
 1985, are amended to read as follows:
   (b) As used in this section hazardous inhalants shall mean and include
 any of the preparations of compounds containing one or more of the chem-
 ical compounds; amyl nitrite, isoamyl nitrite, butyl  nitrite,  isobutyl
 nitrite,  pentyl nitrite or any other [akyl] ALKYL nitrite compound that
 is either designed to be used, or commonly used, as an inhalant.
   4. No person shall sell, or offer to sell, to  any  other  person  any
 tube  or other container of any hazardous inhalants or glue containing a
 solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes:
   (a) if he has knowledge that the product sold, or  offered  for  sale,
 will  be  used  for  the  purpose  set  forth in subdivision two of this
 section; or
   (b) unless there has been added to such glue a sufficient quantity  of
 an  additive, approved by the commission, which shall act as a deterrent
 to inhalation, and not be harmful or  toxic  to  the  human  body.  This
 provision  shall  not  apply to hazardous inhalants or glue manufactured
 and sold for industrial use; OR
   (C) WHERE SUCH OTHER PERSON IS UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE INHALATION
 OF  ANY  ANESTHESIA  OR INHALANT FOR MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSES OR WHERE
 PERMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
 hhhh to read as follows:
   §  399-HHHH.  SALE  OF HAZARDOUS INHALANTS. 1. NO PERSON, CORPORATION,
 PARTNERSHIP,   LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FIRM  OR  ANY  OTHER  BUSINESS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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