Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 22, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jun 21, 2012 |
delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1525 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 21, 2012 |
reported and committed to codes |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to alcoholism and drug abuse |
Jun 24, 2011 |
committed to rules |
Mar 16, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 15, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 14, 2011 |
1st report cal.221 |
Feb 23, 2011 |
committee discharged and committed to alcoholism and drug abuse |
Feb 02, 2011 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S2842
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2011-S2842 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5170
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง65, ABC L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S8508
2013-2014: A5874
2015-2016: A8442
2017-2018: A3854
2019-2020: A3491
2011-S2842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2842 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to providing enhanced penalties for licensees who sell certain alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one years PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the criminal penalties for those who sell caffeinated alcoholic Beverages (CABS) to persons under the age of 21. CABs are defined, under this bill, as a beverage that has a combination of two percent alcohol by volume and 5 milligrams of caffeine per ounce or other stimulants that have a similar affect. These caffeinated alcoholic beverages (CABs) are now being actively marketed to and increasingly used by those who are between the ages of 14 to 25. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Adds a new ABC Law section 65(7) to add to the list of prohibited sales of alcohol, the sale of CABs to persons under the age of 21. Under current law, any licensee, or agent of a licensee, (i.e., sales made in convenience stores, restaurants or bars) who sells, delivers or gives away any alcoholic beverage to a person under the age of 21 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Under this bill, the criminal penalty for such a transaction to sell CABs would
2011-S2842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2842 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to providing enhanced penalties for licensees who sell certain alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one years THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 65 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a read as follows: 3-A. ANY LICENSEE, OR ITS AGENT OR EMPLOYEE, WHO SELLS, DELIVERS OR GIVES AWAY, OR CAUSES, PERMITS OR PROCURES TO BE SOLD, DELIVERED OR GIVEN AWAY TO ANY PERSON, ACTUALLY OR APPARENTLY, UNDER THE AGE OF TWEN- TY-ONE YEARS, ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO PER CENTUM OF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME, IN COMBINATION WITH MORE THAN FIVE MILLI- GRAMS PER OUNCE OF CAFFEINE OR ANY OTHER STIMULANT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GUARANA, GINSENG OR TAURINE THAT HAS AN EQUIVALENT EFFECT AS SUCH QUANTITY OF CAFFEINE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05015-01-1
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