Bill Text: NY S01139 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires that all companies that sell electronic cigarettes shall annually disclose to the commissioner of health their online advertising expenditures from the previous fiscal year; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01139 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01139-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1139
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adopting  require-
          ments  that  electronic cigarette companies disclose online advertise-
          ments
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  1399-kk  of  the public health law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. All companies in the state of New York that sell  electronic  ciga-
     4  rettes  as  defined  in  section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this
     5  article, shall disclose to the commissioner annually their online adver-
     6  tising expenditures from the previous fiscal year. Such  yearly  disclo-
     7  sure  shall  include,  but  not  be limited, to the total funds spent on
     8  online ads, an itemized list of funds spent along with the  websites  on
     9  which ads appeared, the length of time each ad appeared on each website,
    10  and  any  other  activity related to internet ad expenditure the commis-
    11  sioner deems appropriate. The department shall  include  in  its  annual
    12  report  to  the governor and legislature information related to internet
    13  advertising  expenditures,  including  proposed  rules  and  regulations
    14  deemed  appropriate  to  limit online advertisements that may be seen by
    15  children.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02161-01-9
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