Assembly Bill A6393A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the purchasing age for tobacco and tobacco products from 18 years of age to 19 years of age

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6393 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7053
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa - 1399-dd, 1399-ff & 1399-ii, Pub Health L; amd §260.21, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A722
2011-2012: A4863

2013-A6393 - Summary

Increases the purchasing age for tobacco and tobacco products from 18 years of age to 19 years of age; exempts individuals who are eighteen years of age or older who are serving in the United States military, National Guard or reserves.

2013-A6393 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6393

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, DINOWITZ, WEISENBERG, BENEDETTO, ZEBROW-
  SKI, BOYLAND, HOOPER, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  FINCH,
  GOTTFRIED, HIKIND, KOLB, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, MILLMAN, PAULIN, ROBINSON,
  SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to
  increasing the purchasing age for tobacco products  from  eighteen  to
  nineteen

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 7 of section 1399-cc  of  the  public
health  law,  as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2012, are amended
to read as follows:
  2. Any person operating a place of business wherein tobacco  products,
herbal  cigarettes, shisha or electronic cigarettes, are sold or offered
for sale is prohibited from selling such  products,  herbal  cigarettes,
shisha,  electronic  cigarettes  or smoking paraphernalia to individuals
under [eighteen] NINETEEN years of  age,  UNLESS  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  ARE
EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE  WHO ARE SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES; and shall
post in a conspicuous place a sign upon which there shall  be  imprinted
the  following  statement, "SALE OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS, CHEWING TOBACCO,
POWDERED TOBACCO, SHISHA OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS,  HERBAL  CIGARETTES,
ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTES,  ROLLING  PAPERS  OR  SMOKING  PARAPHERNALIA, TO
PERSONS UNDER [EIGHTEEN] NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE IS  PROHIBITED  BY  LAW."
Such  sign shall be printed on a white card in red letters at least one-
half inch in height.
  3. Sale of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, shisha  or  electronic
cigarettes  in  such  places,  other than by a vending machine, shall be
made only to an individual who demonstrates, through (a) a  valid  driv-
er's  license  or non-driver's identification card issued by the commis-
sioner of motor vehicles, the  federal  government,  any  United  States

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09604-01-3
              

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2013-A6393A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7053
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-aa - 1399-dd, 1399-ff & 1399-ii, Pub Health L; amd §260.21, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A722
2011-2012: A4863

2013-A6393A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the purchasing age for tobacco and tobacco products from 18 years of age to 19 years of age; exempts individuals who are eighteen years of age or older who are serving in the United States military, National Guard or reserves.

2013-A6393A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6393--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, DINOWITZ, WEISENBERG, BENEDETTO, ZEBROW-
  SKI, HOOPER, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  FINCH,  GOTT-
  FRIED,  HIKIND,  KOLB,  MARKEY,  McDONOUGH, MILLMAN, PAULIN, ROBINSON,
  SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Health
  --  recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly
  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to
  increasing the purchasing age for tobacco products  from  eighteen  to
  nineteen

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 7 of section 1399-cc  of  the  public
health  law,  as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2012, are amended
and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
  2. Any person operating a place of business wherein tobacco  products,
herbal  cigarettes, shisha or electronic cigarettes, are sold or offered
for sale is prohibited from selling such  products,  herbal  cigarettes,
shisha,  electronic  cigarettes  or smoking paraphernalia to individuals
under [eighteen] NINETEEN years of  age,  UNLESS  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS  ARE
EIGHTEEN  YEARS  OF  AGE  WHO ARE SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES; and shall
post in a conspicuous place a sign upon which there shall  be  imprinted
the  following  statement, "SALE OF CIGARETTES, CIGARS, CHEWING TOBACCO,
POWDERED TOBACCO, SHISHA OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS,  HERBAL  CIGARETTES,
ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTES,  ROLLING  PAPERS  OR  SMOKING  PARAPHERNALIA, TO
PERSONS UNDER [EIGHTEEN] NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE IS  PROHIBITED  BY  LAW."
Such  sign shall be printed on a white card in red letters at least one-
half inch in height.
  3. Sale of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, shisha  or  electronic
cigarettes  in  such  places,  other than by a vending machine, shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09604-02-4
              

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