New York S 9567: Prohibits the retail sale of nitrous oxide and establishes civil penalties for violations; includes nitrous oxide misuse in the health care and wellness education and outreach program

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S09567 Summary:

BILL NOS09567B

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SAME ASSAME AS A10923-B

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRASHBY, MARTINEZ

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §834, add Art 38-C §§840 - 842, Gen Bus L; amd §207, Pub Health L

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Enacts "Nima's law" which prohibits the retail sale of nitrous oxide; establishes civil penalties for violations; includes nitrous oxide misuse in the health care and wellness education and outreach program to expand education on the dangers of nitrous oxide misuse; prohibits the sale of whip cream chargers.

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BILL NOS09567B

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03/25/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/23/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/23/2026PRINT NUMBER 9567A

05/19/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 9567B

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1660

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9567--B

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. C. RYAN, ASHBY, MARTINEZ -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the public health law, in
 relation to prohibiting the retail sale of nitrous oxide and estab-
 lishing civil penalties for violations; to amend the public health
 law, in relation to the health care and wellness education and
 outreach program; and to amend the general business law, in relation
 to the sale of whipped cream chargers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Nima's law".
 3 § 2. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 834 of the general business
 4 law, as added by chapter 515 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 2. No person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
 7 firm or any other business entity doing business within this state shall
 8 sell or offer for sale a whipped cream charger [to any person under the
 9 age of twenty-one].
 10 3. [Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
 11 firm, or other business entity doing business within the state selling,
 12 offering for sale, or distributing whipped cream chargers shall require
 13 proof of legal age prior to allowing an individual to purchase or
 14 receive a shipment of whipped cream chargers. Such identification need
 15 not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least
 16 twenty-five years of age, provided, however, that such appearance shall
 17 not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale or distrib-
 18 ution of whipped cream chargers to an individual under twenty-one years
 19 of age.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15348-05-6

 S. 9567--B 2

 1 4.] Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
 2 firm or any other business entity that violates the provisions of this
 3 section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred
 4 fifty dollars for an initial offense and not more than five hundred
 5 dollars for the second and each subsequent offense.
 6 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 38-C
 7 to read as follows:
 8 ARTICLE 38-C
 9 NITROUS OXIDE
 10 Section 840. Definitions.
 11 841. Restrictions on sale.
 12 842. Enforcement.
 13 § 840. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 14 terms shall have the following meanings:
 15 1. "Acceptable Sale" for the purposes of this article shall mean the
 16 sale of nitrous oxide authorized to be sold under an exception estab-
 17 lished in subdivision five of section thirty-three hundred eighty of the
 18 public healt