---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to including electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine within the tobacco use and prevention program"
description: "Relates to including electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine within the tobacco use and prevention program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 481"
citation: "New York A 481 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae38487-7bda-4147-b10f-db472aa595b1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A481"
source_hash: "a42b8c340d679905e740866206d9aaeaab4e82041273d00d743818c939dc1f84"
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 A 481 (2019-2020) — Relates to including electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine within the tobacco use and prevention program

Relates to including electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine within the tobacco use and prevention program.

## Version chain

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

1. **A481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A481&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A481A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A481A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SMULLEN — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** PRINT NUMBER 481A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.317
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.317
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S301A
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1486
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.256 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae38487-7bda-4147-b10f-db472aa595b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).