---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting the distribution without charge of electronic cigarettes to minors"
description: "Relates to prohibiting the distribution without charge of electronic cigarettes to minors; requires such distribution be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 1223"
citation: "New York S 1223 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AKSHAR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4abb993c-a9fe-49c2-a4a9-72c9546ab6cd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S1223"
source_hash: "2e59945a021609d2793843cac9625331b869215bdc28e88cf498ccca00b2bf5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 1223 (2017-2018) — Relates to prohibiting the distribution without charge of electronic cigarettes to minors

Relates to prohibiting the distribution without charge of electronic cigarettes to minors; requires such distribution be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S1223 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1223&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S1223 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S1223)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AKSHAR — primary (person)
- ALCANTARA — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- PHILLIPS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.273
- **2017-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-03-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-03-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-03-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-03-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.154
- **2018-01-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-01-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-23** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8014
- **2018-02-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.640
- **2018-02-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4abb993c-a9fe-49c2-a4a9-72c9546ab6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).