A 6248 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Makes it unlawful for a person under the age of 21 to possess tobacco or vaping products

Summary

Makes it unlawful for a person under the age of 21 to possess tobacco or vaping products; provides for a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and/or completion of a tobacco awareness program.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

A6248 → A6248A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include committee status information and updated a pronoun in the enforcement section from 'such' to 'their' for clarity. These are primarily technical and formatting changes rather than substantive policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Added committee status text indicating the bill was discharged, amended, and recommitted to the Committee on Health.

Changed the pronoun from 'such officer's department' to 'their department' in the enforcement section for grammatical clarity.

Updated bill numbering and version identifiers to reflect the amended version (A6248A).

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6248A

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HEALTH

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors