Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 13, 2014 |
print number 6704a |
Mar 13, 2014 |
amend and recommit to health |
Mar 03, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S6704A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(R, C) 7th Senate District
2013-S6704 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9526
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1399-o, Pub Health L
2013-S6704 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6704 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the ban of electronic cigarettes on school grounds PURPOSE: This bill would expand the existing ban on smoking within one hundred feet of a school's entrance, exits or outdoor areas, to also include the smoking of electronic cigarettes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 1399-o of the public health law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2012, by banning the use of electronic cigarettes on school grounds. Section 2: Section two sets forth an effective date thirty days after this act shall become law. JUSTIFICATION: Electronic cigarettes are mechanical smoking devices that, contrary to traditional cigarettes which release smoke and contain nicotine, provide an exhalation by the smoker of a vapor and contain no nicotine. While there is debate over bow much more beneficial smoking
2013-S6704 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6704 I N S E N A T E March 3, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 the ban of elec- tronic cigarettes on school grounds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1399-o of the public health law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 3. Smoking, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE SMOKING OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within one hundred feet of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any public or private elementary or secondary schools; provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to smoking in a residence, or within the real property boundary lines of such residential real property. The provisions of section thir- teen hundred ninety-nine-p of this article shall not apply to this subdivision. 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. LBD14200-01-4
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(R, C) 7th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2013-S6704A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9526
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1399-o, Pub Health L
2013-S6704A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6704A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the ban of electronic cigarettes on school grounds PURPOSE: This bill would expand the existing ban on smoking within one hundred feet of a school's entrance, exits or outdoor areas, to also include the smoking of electronic cigarettes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 1399-o of the public health law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2012, by banning the use of electronic cigarettes on school grounds. It also clarifies the definition of "electronic cigarette" to include any device that simulates the act of smoking but produces water vapor instead of smoke, including but not limited to, e-cigarettes, hookah pens, or vaping pens. Moreover, it is not required that an electronic cigarette contain nicotine. Section 2: Section two sets forth an effective date thirty days after this act shall become law. JUSTIFICATION: Electronic cigarettes are mechanical smoking devices that, contrary to traditional cigarettes which release smoke and contain nicotine, provide an exhalation by the smoker of a vapor and
2013-S6704A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6704--A I N S E N A T E March 3, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FLANAGAN, LAVALLE, MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the ban of elec- tronic cigarettes on school grounds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1399-o of the public health law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 3. (A) Smoking, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE SMOKING OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke within one hundred feet of the entrances, exits or outdoor areas of any public or private elementary or secondary schools; provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to smoking in a residence, or within the real property boundary lines of such residential real property. The provisions of section thir- teen hundred ninety-nine-p of this article shall not apply to this subdivision. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES" SHALL INCLUDE ANY DEVICE THAT SIMULATES THE ACT OF SMOKING BUT PRODUCES WATER VAPOR INSTEAD OF SMOKE. SUCH ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, E-CIGARETTES, HOOKAH PENS, OR VAPING PENS. IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY THAT AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CONTAIN NICOTINE. 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. LBD14200-03-4
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