Senate Bill S4582

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires owners of multiple dwelling properties to develop, implement and distribute smoking policies

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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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2023-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A171
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1399-y, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10498
2013-2014: A495
2015-2016: A35
2017-2018: A26
2019-2020: A353
2021-2022: A445

2023-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners of multiple dwelling properties to develop, implement and distribute smoking policies to current and prospective tenants; requires a posted copy of the smoking policy; requires such policy be incorporated into all written and oral leases and contracts for sale; allows the enforcement officer the power to impose a civil penalty for violations.

2023-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4582
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  requiring  owners
   of  multiple  dwelling properties to develop, implement and distribute
   smoking policies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative findings.   Secondhand smoke is produced from
 the lighted end of tobacco products and from smoke exhaled from a  smok-
 er.  Secondhand smoke is a known carcinogen and exposure to it is linked
 to  increased  risk  of  cancer,  respiratory  complications  and  heart
 disease.  Any  level of exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful to chil-
 dren and adults; it is estimated that 3,400  nonsmoking  adults  die  of
 lung cancer and up to one million asthmatic children have worsened asth-
 ma  and  asthma-related  problems  each  year  in the United States as a
 result of inhaling secondhand smoke.  Private owners and public  housing
 authorities may restrict smoking in or on their properties. In buildings
 with  multifamily  units,  smoke  can  spread  between units through air
 ducts, cracks and elevator shafts and  involuntarily  expose  nonsmoking
 tenants.  Secondhand  smoke often cannot be controlled using ventilation
 systems, air cleaning,  or  separating  non-smokers  from  smokers.  The
 intent  of  this  legislation  is to require owners of multiple dwelling
 properties to develop, incorporate into leases and  condominium  bylaws,
 and  to  distribute smoking policies to current and prospective tenants.
 The bill acts to help nonsmokers protect themselves and  their  families
 from secondhand smoke by providing information they can weigh in select-
 ing  a  new  residence in a multiple dwelling building and to reduce the
 number of conflicts between nonsmokers and smokers.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  1399-y
 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02091-01-3
 S. 4582                             2
              

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