---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia"
description: "Amends the effective date of a 2025 chapter relating to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8754"
citation: "New York S 8754 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4465acd-6ea0-4150-a2d2-7794cbfeec99"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8754"
source_hash: "6df3964ccbfd066072685d6c5febb8fcd56cde199fe2354d53c7a37c9a8932df"
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 8754 (2025-2026) — Relates to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia

Amends the effective date of a 2025 chapter relating to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8754&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.10
- **2026-01-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9473
- **2026-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.47
- **2026-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.38 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4465acd-6ea0-4150-a2d2-7794cbfeec99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).