---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of tobacco research products"
description: "Defines tobacco research products, for the purpose of taxation, as tobacco products made by a manufacturer specifically for an accredited college or university or other institution for health, scientific, or other research or experimental purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5300"
citation: "New York S 5300 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-24"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c835b71-ac25-4e28-beec-ed464f4ed4e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5300"
source_hash: "176bf86fad987dacd8f24418a6429e3357a990605efe42e636e1f0fc68ed577e"
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 5300 (2019-2020) — Relates to the definition of tobacco research products

Defines tobacco research products, for the purpose of taxation, as tobacco products made by a manufacturer specifically for an accredited college or university or other institution for health, scientific, or other research or experimental purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5300&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Budget And Revenue Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-24** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.867
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7351
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.438
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.728 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c835b71-ac25-4e28-beec-ed464f4ed4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).