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Assembly Bill A6163

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in all multi-unit housing facilities

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2025-A6163 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-o, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9207

2025-A6163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in all multi-unit housing facilities.

2025-A6163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6163
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting smok-
   ing or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in  all  multi-
   unit housing facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs q and r of subdivision 1 of  section  1399-o  of
 the  public  health  law, as amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2017,
 are amended and a new paragraph s is added to read as follows:
   q. zoos; [and]
   r. bingo facilities[.]; AND
   S. INDIVIDUAL UNITS IN ALL MULTI-UNIT HOUSING FACILITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08701-01-5

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