| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 05, 2025 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6142
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2025-S6142 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §397-c, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S2958
2011-2012: S3637
2013-2014: S2727, S6269
2015-2016: S2869
2017-2018: S2713
2019-2020: S4999
2021-2022: S5464
2023-2024: S7143
2025-S6142 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6142
SPONSOR: PARKER
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to billboards
advertising alcoholic beverages
PURPOSE:
Prohibits the erection or maintenance of billboards advertising alcohol-
ic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends the general business law by adding a new section 397-b
to restrict billboard advertisements of alcoholic beverages from being
within 1,000 feet of any school or any playground adjacent to a school.
JUSTIFICATION:
2025-S6142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6142
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 5, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to billboards
advertising alcoholic beverages
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 397-c to read as follows:
§ 397-C. BILLBOARDS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. NO BILLBOARD
ADVERTISING ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SHALL BE ERECTED OR MAINTAINED WITHIN
ONE THOUSAND FEET OF (1) ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL OR (2) ANY PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF
ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BILLBOARD" SHALL INCLUDE ANY BILLBOARD, SIGN,
NOTICE, POSTER, DISPLAY OR OTHER STATIONARY DEVICE INTENDED TO ATTRACT
OR WHICH DOES ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR
PEDESTRIANS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after the date on which it
shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10563-01-5
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