Assembly BillIntroduced
A 6163: Prohibits smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in all multi-unit housing facilities.
What A 6163 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to prohibit smoking or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units within all multi-unit housing facilities. This new regulation would add a new restriction to existing laws, specifically targeting multi-unit housing facilities. The changes would take effect immediately upon enactment.
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 6163
- What is the current status of A 6163?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6163 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 6163 pass?
- Not yet. A 6163 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6163, and where is it now?
- A 6163 was authored by Asm. John Lemondes with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| May. 19, 2025 | held for consideration in health |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 174 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6163 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting smok- ing or vaping tobacco or marijuana in individual units in all multi- unit housing facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs q and r of subdivision 1 of section 1399-o of 2 the public health law, as amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2017, 3 are amended and a new paragraph s is added to read as follows: 4 q. zoos; [and] 5 r. bingo facilities[.]; and 6 s. individual units in all multi-unit housing facilities. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08701-01-5
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