Assembly Bill A5096

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans or trucks where minors less than 14 years of age are passengers in such vehicles; penalties for violation

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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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2017-A5096 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5209
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1399-o, 1399-q & 1399-v, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6714
2011-2012: A4942, A7285
2013-2014: A622, S5206
2015-2016: A1982, S3135, S3155
2019-2020: A3962, S2657
2021-2022: S4211
2023-2024: S2064

2017-A5096 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits smoking in private passenger cars, vans and trucks where a minor less than 14 years of age is a passenger in such vehicles; provides for rebuttable presumption; provides that violations of such provisions shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100.

2017-A5096 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5096
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI, CAHILL, JAFFEE, GALEF, STECK
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINANTI, ARROYO, AUBRY, BRAUNSTEIN,
   COOK, CRESPO, CUSICK, DenDEKKER, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, FARRELL, GOTT-
   FRIED, HEVESI, HOOPER, KAVANAGH, LAVINE, MAGNARELLI, McDONOUGH, McKEV-
   ITT, M. G. MILLER, MOSLEY,  ORTIZ,  PAULIN,  PERRY,  PRETLOW,  RIVERA,
   TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to restricting areas
   where smoking is permitted
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1399-o  of  the  public health law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. A. SMOKING SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED AND NO PERSON SHALL SMOKE  WITHIN
 PRIVATE  PASSENGER  CARS,  PRIVATE  PASSENGER  VANS OR PRIVATE PASSENGER
 TRUCKS WHERE A MINOR UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE IS A PASSENGER  IN  ANY
 SUCH VEHICLES.
   B.  A  PERSON  WHO HOLDS A LIGHTED CIGAR, CIGARETTE, PIPE OR ANY OTHER
 MATTER OR SUBSTANCE WHICH CONTAINS TOBACCO OR ANY OTHER PLANT OR  MATTER
 THAT  CAN  BE  SMOKED  TO,  OR  IN THE IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF HIS OR HER
 MOUTH, WHILE IN SUCH VEHICLE IS PRESUMED TO BE ENGAGING IN SMOKING WITH-
 IN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION.  THE  PRESUMPTION  ESTABLISHED  BY  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  IS  REBUTTABLE  BY  EVIDENCE  SHOWING THAT THE PERSON WAS NOT
 SMOKING A LIGHTED CIGAR, CIGARETTE, PIPE OR OTHER  MATTER  OR  SUBSTANCE
 WHICH CONTAINS TOBACCO OR ANY OTHER PLANT OR MATTER THAT CAN BE SMOKED.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section 1399-q of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 13 of the  laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. Private homes, private residences and private automobiles EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-O
 OF THIS ARTICLE;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09080-01-7
              

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