Bill Text: NY A02552 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2552

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the installation of vaping detectors in certain schools.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A02552 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02552-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2552

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to requiring the installation of vaping detectors in certain
          schools

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

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-970 to read as follows:
     3    § 21-970 Vaping detectors. a. For the purposes of  this  section,  the
     4  following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    1.  "vaping"  shall mean the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol,
     6  often referred to as vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or simi-
     7  lar device.
     8    2. "vaping detector" shall mean a device capable  of  detecting  vapor
     9  from  vaping  devices  and  which alerts people to the presence of vapor
    10  from vaping devices.
    11    b. All schools within the city of New York which have one thousand  or
    12  more students enrolled shall install and monitor vaping detectors within
    13  the school. Vaping detectors shall be installed in all student bathrooms
    14  and common areas in such schools.
    15    c.  The department shall set disciplinary measures for students caught
    16  vaping, by means of a vaping detector or  any  other  means,  or  caught
    17  tampering  with  a vaping detector. Such disciplinary measures shall not
    18  include suspension or expulsion from any school.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.


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