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S 6743: Prohibits smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor less than 18 years of age is a passenger in such vehicle; provides for rebuttable presumption.
What S 6743 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill prohibits smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor under the age of 18 is a passenger. Smoking in a vehicle on a public highway or right-of-way is prohibited, and operators or passengers over 21 years of age who violate this rule will be guilty of a traffic infraction. A person holding a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe is presumed to be smoking within the meaning of the law, but this presumption can be rebutted by evidence showing they were not smoking. The bill defines smoking as the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other matter or substance that contains tobacco. The law will take effect 120 days after the bill becomes law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6743
- What is the current status of S 6743?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 6743 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 TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 6743 pass?
- Not yet. S 6743 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6743, and where is it now?
- S 6743 was authored by Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 317 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6743 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor is a passenger The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1229-e to read as follows: 3 § 1229-e. Smoking in motor vehicles. 1. Smoking in a motor vehicle 4 located upon a public highway or right-of-way public highway where a 5 minor under eighteen years of age is a passenger is prohibited. Any 6 operator or passenger twenty-one years of age or older violating this 7 section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction. 8 2. A person who holds a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other 9 matter or substance which contains tobacco to, or in the immediate prox- 10 imity of their mouth, while in such vehicle is presumed to be engaging 11 in smoking within the meaning of this section. The presumption estab- 12 lished by this subdivision is rebuttable by evidence showing that the 13 person was not smoking a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other matter 14 or substance which contains tobacco. 15 3. For purposes of this section "smoking" means the burning of a 16 lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter or substance which 17 contains tobacco. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00611-01-5
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