New York Assembly Bill A02552 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2552 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the installation of vaping detectors in certain schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended 2 by adding a new section 21-970 to read as follows: 3 § 21-970 Vaping detectors. a. For the purposes of this section, the 4 following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 1. "vaping" shall mean the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol, 6 often referred to as vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or simi- 7 lar device. 8 2. "vaping detector" shall mean a device capable of detecting vapor 9 from vaping devices and which alerts people to the presence of vapor 10 from vaping devices. 11 b. All schools within the city of New York which have one thousand or 12 more students enrolled shall install and monitor vaping detectors within 13 the school. Vaping detectors shall be installed in all student bathrooms 14 and common areas in such schools. 15 c. The department shall set disciplinary measures for students caught 16 vaping, by means of a vaping detector or any other means, or caught 17 tampering with a vaping detector. Such disciplinary measures shall not 18 include suspension or expulsion from any school. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 20 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06401-01-3