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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S7898
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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
2019-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8746
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-gg, Gen Bus L; add §1399-gg-1, Pub Health L; amd §§1181 & 1186, Tax L; add §97-bbbbb, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S1563, A2609
2023-2024: A2048
2025-2026: A4540
2019-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7898 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law and the public health law, in relation to packaging requirements for e-liquid products; to amend the tax law, in relation to taxes imposed for the sale of vaping products, and the disbursement of such taxes; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a "tobacco and vaping cessation fund" PURPOSE: Allow consumers to verify with the department of health the safety of manufactured e-liquid products not falling under the 2019 Executive Order Ban. The bill also establishes an excise "sin" tax comparable of the current tax of cigarettes to be supervised and distributed by the comptroller office to establish a tobacco and vaping cessation fund. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2019-S7898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7898 I N S E N A T E February 28, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law and the public health law, in relation to packaging requirements for e-liquid products; to amend the tax law, in relation to taxes imposed for the sale of vaping products, and the disbursement of such taxes; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a "tobacco and vaping cessation fund" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 399-gg of the general business law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: § 399-gg. Packaging of electronic liquid. 1. No person, firm or corpo- ration shall sell or offer for sale any electronic liquid, as defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety- nine-cc of the public health law, unless [the] SUCH electronic liquid is sold or offered for sale in a child resistant bottle which is designed to prevent accidental exposure of children to electronic liquids. 2. UPON RECEIPT OF NOTIFICATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-GG- ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, A SELLER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE NINETY DAYS TO BECOME COMPLIANT WITH SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY- NINE-GG-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. AFTER SUCH DATE, NO PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY ELECTRONIC LIQUID, UNLESS THE PACKAGING OF SUCH ELECTRONIC LIQUID IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH SECTION. 3. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penal- ty not to exceed one thousand dollars. § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1399-gg-1 to read as follows: § 1399-GG-1. VERIFICATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF E-LIQUIDS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "E-LIQUID" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED BY PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THIS ARTICLE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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