AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine-delivery systems from age eighteen (18) to age twenty-one (21).)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2017
Last action Jun 7, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
03/17/2017 Committee transferred to House Finance
legislature
Mar 2, 2017
Committee
03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Arthur Handy
DDemocratic
P
Marcia R. Ranglin-Vassell
DDemocratic
P
SM
Shelby Maldonado
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Tanzi
DDemocratic
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