RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Summary
Prohibits the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, or e-liquids that are in violation of federal FDA labeling requirements or that market toward children. Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products except for menthol or mentholated products. Prohibits mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine. Establishes fines and penalties for violations. (HB276 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 18, 2019
Last action Feb 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 8, 2019
How they voted
47–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic45
95% Yea
R
Republican5
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gates, Kong, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, McDermott, Todd voting no (3) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 639) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino.
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 182) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 8, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (47-1-3)
house
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Say, Ward.
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 11
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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