New York A 5976: Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school

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A05976 Summary:

BILL NOA05976 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05108

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1399-cc-1, Pub Health L

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Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school.

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BILL NOA05976 

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02/25/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5976

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the
 sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet
 of a public or private school

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1399-cc-1 to read as follows:
 3 § 1399-cc-1. Sale of tobacco products and vapor products;
 4 restrictions. 1. No tobacco product or vapor product shall be sold with-
 5 in five hundred feet of any public or private school.
 6 2. The measurements in subdivision one of this section are to be taken
 7 in straight lines from the nearest point of the property line of the
 8 parcel on which the school is located to the nearest point of the prop-
 9 erty line of the parcel on which the business is located.
 10 3. Violations of this section shall be enforced pursuant to section
 11 thirteen hundred ninety-nine-ff of this article, except that any person
 12 may submit a complaint to an enforcement officer reporting that a
 13 violation of this section has occurred.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05163-01-5

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