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A 5976: Prohibits the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within five hundred feet of a public or private school.
What A 5976 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to prohibit the sale of tobacco products and vapor products within 500 feet of any public or private school. The measurements for the 500-foot restriction are taken in straight lines from the nearest point of the school's property line to the nearest point of the business's property line. Violations of this restriction will be enforced according to existing laws, and individuals can report suspected violations to an enforcement officer. The bill will take effect 180 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5976
- What is the current status of A 5976?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5976 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 5976 pass?
- Not yet. A 5976 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5976, and where is it now?
- A 5976 was authored by Asm. Chantel Jackson. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 278 words
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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