---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years old to 21 years old"
description: "Increases the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years old to 21 years old."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 558"
citation: "New York A 558 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55d8eacd-bd5f-4811-b1ec-acb8669fe521"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A558"
source_hash: "6e05dfaca6234e8ff1099ce1d13f1574c5e75700850981157170d4091cf97d71"
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 558 (2019-2020) — Increases the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years old to 21 years old

Increases the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years old to 21 years old.

## Version chain

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

1. **A558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A558&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A558A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A558A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **120–26** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **52–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FINCH — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROMEO — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SMULLEN — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-02** PRINT NUMBER 558A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-05** RULES REPORT CAL.36
- **2019-03-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.36
- **2019-03-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2833
- **2019-04-01** 3RD READING CAL.343
- **2019-04-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-07-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.100 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55d8eacd-bd5f-4811-b1ec-acb8669fe521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).