New York A 4593: Relates to the sale, manufacture, and distribution of vapor products

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A04593 Summary:

BILL NOA04593 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00902

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SPONSORFall

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1399-cc, 1399-dd, 1399-ll & 1399-aa, add §§1399-dd-2 & 1399-kk-1, Pub Health L

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Relates to the sale, manufacture, and distribution of vapor products; requires distributors and manufacturers of vapor products to obtain permits; prohibits the sale of illicit vapor products; creates a vapor product directory.

Go to top A04593 Actions:

BILL NOA04593 

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4593

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale, manufac-
 ture, and distribution of vapor products

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 1399-cc of the public
 2 health law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 100 of the laws of 2019
 3 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2014, are
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Sale of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine,
 6 shisha or electronic cigarettes in such places, [other than] including
 7 by a vending machine, shall be made only to an individual who demon-
 8 strates, through (a) a valid driver's license or non-driver's identifi-
 9 cation card issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles, the federal
 10 government, any United States territory, commonwealth or possession, the
 11 District of Columbia, a state government within the United States or a
 12 provincial government of the dominion of Canada, or (b) a valid passport
 13 issued by the United States government or any other country, or (c) an
 14 identification card issued by the armed forces of the United States,
 15 indicating that the individual is at least twenty-one years of age. Such
 16 identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably
 17 appears to be at least twenty-five years of age, provided, however, that
 18 such appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleg-
 19 ing the sale of a tobacco product, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine,
 20 shisha or electronic cigarettes to an individual under twenty-one years
 21 of age.
 22 4. (a) Any person operating a place of business wherein tobacco
 23 products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine, shisha or electronic ciga-
 24 rettes are sold or offered for sale [may] shall perform a transaction
 25 scan as a precondition for such purchases.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02778-01-5

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 1 (b) In any instance where the information deciphered by the trans-
 2 action scan fails to match the information printed on the driver's
 3 license or non-driver identification card, or if the transaction scan
 4 indicates that the information is false or fraudulent, the attempted
 5 transaction shall be denied.
 6 (c) In any proceeding pursuant to section thirteen hundred ninety-
 7 nine-ee of this article, it shall be an affirmative defense that such
 8 person had produced a driver's license or non-driver identification card
 9 apparently issued by a governmental entity, successfully completed that
 10 transaction scan, and that the tobacco product, herbal cigarettes or
 11 liquid nicotine had been sold, delivered or given to such person in
 12 reasonable reliance upon such identification and transaction scan. In
 13 evaluating the applicability of such affirmative defense the commission-
 14 er shall take into consideration any written policy adopted and imple-
 15 mented by the seller to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. Use
 16 of a transaction scan shall not excuse any person operating a place of
 17 business wherein tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, liquid nicotine,
 18 shisha or electronic cigarettes are sold, or the agent or employee of