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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8754
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health
law relating to defining enforcement officers in a city with a popu-
lation of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco
products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 5624 and A. 8468, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the
public health law relating to defining enforcement officers in a city
with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating
tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5624 and A. 8468, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] SIX MONTHS AFTER IT
SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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