State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been acted on by a state legislative committee or state legislature are listed below alphabetically by state:

Alaska: Senate Bill 15, which prohibits minors from purchasing or possessing electronic smoking products and requires any person who sells electronic smoking products to obtain a business license, passed the House Finance Committee and was referred to the House Rules Committee on April 17, 2018.

Connecticut: Senate Bill 164, which raises the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21—exempts any person who is 18 or older prior to October 1, 2018, was referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding on April 18, 2018.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 2654, which, effective July 1, 3000, prohibits shipments of tobacco products to anyone other than a licensee, applies the tobacco products tax to e-liquids, creates an electronic cigarette registration unit, increases the tax on all tobacco products by an unspecified amount, provides a defense to retailers who obtain identification that reasonably appears to indicate a purchaser is at least 21, requires tobacco products to be behind the sales counter, in an area inaccessible by the public or in a locked container, and pre-empts local retail tobacco ordinances, was referred to a House-Senate conference committee to be held on April 19.

Illinois: The following bills died on April 13, 2018 by missing a procedural deadline: House Bill 3208, which raises the minimum legal sales age and the age to purchase use or possess tobacco products from 18 to 21; House Bill 4555, which prohibits self-service display of tobacco products and prohibits candy displays within 5 feet of a counter that...

State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been acted on by a state legislative committee or state legislature are listed below alphabetically by state:

Alaska: Senate Bill 63, which prohibits smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed areas of public places, passed the House Rules Committee on April 11, 2018.

Connecticut: Senate Bill 10 (Governor’s budget bill), which increases the cigarette tax by $.25 per pack (to $4.60/pack), raises the tax cap on a cigar to $1.50 (currently $.50), provides for a floor tax on cigarettes, taxes e-cigarettes at 75% of wholesale, was reported favorably from the Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding on April 5, 2018. House Bill 5095, which would increase the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack, failed to meet the Joint Favorable Deadline on April 6, 2018.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 2654, which, effective July 1, 3000, prohibits shipments of tobacco products to anyone other than a licensee, applies the tobacco products tax to e-liquids, creates an electronic cigarette registration unit, increases the tax on all tobacco products by an unspecified amount, provides a defense to retailers who obtain a customer’s I.D. that reasonably appears to indicate a purchaser is at least 21, requires tobacco products to be behind the sales counter in an area inaccessible by the public or in a locked container, and preempts local retail tobacco ordinances, passed House on April 10. The following two bills died on April 6 by missing a...

State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been introduced in the past week are listed below alphabetically by state:

Maine: House Bill 1344 reduces the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco products to 18 years of age.

Rhode Island: House Bill 8076 adds electronic nicotine-delivery systems to the definition of “Tobacco” for tax purposes.

State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been acted on by a state legislative committee or state legislature are listed below alphabetically by state:

Alaska: Senate Bill 15, which prohibits minors from purchasing or possessing electronic smoking products and requires any person who sells electronic smoking products to obtain a business license, passed the House Labor and Commerce Committee on April 2, 2018.

Colorado: Senate Bill 126, which modifies the definitions for “traditional large and premium cigars” to ensure that all traditional large and premium cigars are subject to the tobacco products excise tax of 40% of the manufacturer’s list price, failed in the House on April 3, 2018.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 2654, which, effective July 1, 3000, prohibits shipments of tobacco products to anyone other than a licensee, applies the tobacco products tax to e-liquids, and increases the tax on all tobacco products by an unspecified amount, passed the House Committee on Finance with an amendment (not yet available) on April 4, 2018.

Kentucky: House Bill 366, which was referred to a conference committee, reported from the conference committee with the $.50 cigarette tax increase and floor tax. The conference committee report was adopted by the Senate and the House on April 2, 2018. The bill has been delivered to Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin who has announced...

State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been acted on by a state legislative committee or state legislature in the past week are listed below alphabetically by state:

Connecticut: Senate Bill 164, which raises the legal age to 21 to purchase tobacco products (exempts any person age 18 years or older prior to October 1, 2018), reported favorably from the Joint Committee on Public Health on March 26, 2018.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 2843, which, as amended in its entirety, effective July 1, 3000, increases the tax on cigarettes and little cigars from $3.20 to $4.50 per pack, the excise tax on OTP other than large cigars from 70% to 80% of the wholesale price, and the retailer license fee from $2.50 to $500.00, passed House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce with an amendment on March 20.

Kentucky: House Bill 366, which had included a $.50 per pack cigarette tax increase, was referred to a conference committee on March 22, 2018.

Maryland: House Bill 47, which amends existing law to remove the prohibition on electronic nicotine delivery systems retailers of selling to consumers through the mail, by telephone or electronic network, passed the Senate on March 28, 2018.

Oklahoma: House Bill 1010 was amended in the House on March 26, 2018 and now increases the tax on cigarettes by $1.00 per pack, taxes little cigars at the same rate as...