Bill Text: NY A02942 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the sale of tobacco products over the internet; requires companies selling tobacco products over the internet to first send a form to individuals to sign stating that such individual is eighteen years of age or older and upon receipt of such form, the company may send the tobacco products if such person is over the requisite age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A02942 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02942-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2942 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale of tobac- co products over the internet 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-dd-1 to read as follows: 3 § 1399-dd-1. Retail shipment of tobacco products. Before a company 4 may ship tobacco products to an individual attempting to purchase such 5 products, over the internet or otherwise, such company shall send a form 6 to the individual requesting an authorized signature that such individ- 7 ual is eighteen years of age or older. Upon receipt of such form such 8 company may then ship the tobacco products. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04660-01-9
