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HB 1574 Hawaii House · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING PRODUCTS.

Summary
Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of collected excise taxes on tobacco products to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. (HB1574 HD2)
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2019 Last action Feb 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 7, 2019

How they voted

47–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Feb 7, 2019
D Democratic45
43 Yea 1 Nay 1
95% Yea
R Republican5
3 Yea 1 Nay 1
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Creagan, Gates, Okimoto, San Buenaventura, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 640) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Creagan; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cachola, Har, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa.
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 149) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JUD.
lower
Feb 7, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-2-2)
house
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 10
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Say; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to HLT, JUD/CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
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