---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to research and restricting advertisement and promotion of electronic cigarettes"
description: "Prohibits clauses restricting certain research and restricts advertisement and promotion of electronic cigarettes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5994"
citation: "New York A 5994 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor Darling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee2106b-d4e4-49d9-bb11-7a3286a70730"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5994"
source_hash: "4956431bf2c8777adddcd85466bdf002c0212480087967a6702288e82cddbd9b"
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 5994 (2023-2024) — Relates to research and restricting advertisement and promotion of electronic cigarettes

Prohibits clauses restricting certain research and restricts advertisement and promotion of electronic cigarettes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5994&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5994A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5994A)
3. **A5994B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5994B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 5994A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 5994B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** REPORTED
- **2023-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.635
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.635
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S536A
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.149
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dee2106b-d4e4-49d9-bb11-7a3286a70730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).