Senate Bill S7635

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of electronic cigarettes

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  • 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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2011-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-aa, redes §1399-ll to be §1399-ll-1, add §1399-ll-2, Pub Health L

2011-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of electronic cigarettes.

2011-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7635

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 8, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
  sale of electronic cigarettes

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

  Section 1. Section 1399-aa of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
  13.  "ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTE"  MEANS  A  BATTERY-OPERATED  DEVICE  THAT
CONTAINS CARTRIDGES FILLED WITH A COMBINATION OF  NICOTINE,  FLAVOR  AND
CHEMICALS THAT ARE TURNED INTO VAPOR WHICH IS INHALED BY THE USER.
  S 2. Section 1399-ll of the public health law, as added by chapter 518
of the laws of 2000, is redesignated section 1399-ll-1 and a new section
1399-ll-2 is added to read as follows:
  S 1399-LL-2. SALE OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES PROHIBITED. NO PERSON SHALL
SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE.
  S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing 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.
                                                           LBD16181-02-2


              

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