STATE OF NEW YORK
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2552
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2023
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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
