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

Arizona: Several bills died by not meeting procedural deadlines: Senate Bill 1363, which would have increased the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products to 21; Senate Bill 1527, which would impose a new excise tax on e-cigarette products of 43% of the wholesale cost; and Senate Concurrent Resolution 1026, which would have submitted to the voters the question of whether to raise the tax on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack, the tax on OTP and cigars by 43% of the wholesale price, and on e-cigarettes by 73% of the wholesale cost.

Arkansas: House Bill 1519 increases the purchase age for tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, passed out of Rules Committee to the House on February 27, 2019.

Colorado: House Bill 1033, which authorizes a county to enact minimum sales legislation for tobacco products, provided the ordinance is more stringent than state law, authorizes cities, towns and counties to impose fees, licenses or taxes on cigarette sales, removes the current provision that prohibits localities from enacting separate cigarette tax ordinances in order to receive a portion of State cigarette tax revenue, and authorizes a county to impose a special sales tax on the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products through a vote by the people within the county, passed the Senate and moved the House for concurrence on February 25, 2019.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 887, which would, effective July 1, 2020, increase the cigarette tax $1.00 per pack from $3.20 per pack to $4.20 per pack, passed Senate Ways and Means Committee on February 21, 2019. Senate Bill 1009, which would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, passed Senate Judiciary Committee on February 21, 2019. Senate Bill 1244, which clarifies that violations of the provision for sales of tobacco products to persons under 21 are imposed on the retailer, not the employee making the sale, passed Senate Judiciary Committee on February 26, 2019. Senate Bill 1405, which taxes e-liquids at 70% of the wholesale price and increases the annual retailer license fee from $20 to $50, passed Senate Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means on February 26, 2019.

Illinois: House Bill 345, which increases the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21, was read for a second time and placed on the short debate calendar for a third reading in the House on February 26, 2019. Senate Bill 21, which increases the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco products and vapor products from 18 to 21, was amended on the Senate Floor and referred to Assignments on February 26, 2019.

Kentucky: Senate Bill 249, which makes it unlawful for persons under age 21 to buy tobacco and vapor products, received a negative vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee on February 22, 2019.

Minnesota: House File 331, which increases the legal age to purchase tobacco products and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, passed the House Commerce Committee and was re-referred to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division on February 28, 2019. Senate File 463, which increases the legal age to purchase tobacco products and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, passed the Senate Health and Human Services and Finance and Policy Committee and was re-referred to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee on February 28, 2019.

Mississippi: The following bills failed: House Bill 1486/Senate Bill 2537 which taxes alternative nicotine devices at $.05 per milliliter, House Bill 1499 which increases the tax on all tobacco products except cigarettes and at a rate of 22.5% (currently 15%) of the manufacturer’s list price, House Bill 1500 which increases the tax on cigarettes to 5.9 cents per cigarette sold ($1.18 per pack), House Bill 1675 which increases the tax on cigarettes to 5.9 cents per cigarette sold, and Senate Bill 2536/2665 which increases the tax on cigarettes to 10.9 cents per cigarette sold ($2.18 per pack).

Nebraska: Legislative Bill 149, which increases the legal age to purchase and use vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, will be considered in a hearing in the General Affairs Committee on March 4, 2019. Legislative Bill 710, which increases the excise tax on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack increases the excise tax on other tobacco products by 45% of the purchase price (from 20% to 65% of the purchase price), includes vapor products in the definition of tobacco products, thus imposing the OTP excise tax on vapor products, and modifies the excise tax on snuff from 44 cents per ounce to the OTP excise tax rate of 65% of the purchase price, was considered in the Legislative Revenue and Taxation Committee on February 28, 2019. Legislative Bill 614, which increases the tax on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack, was considered in a hearing in the Legislative Revenue and Taxation Committee on March 1, 2019.

New Hampshire: House Bill 438, which removes the exemption for premium cigars from the OTP tax of 65.03%, was voted “inexpedient to legislate” in the House Ways and Means Committee on February 27, 2019.

New Mexico: Senate Bill 166, which increases the tax on cigarettes by $.34 per pack, taxes little cigars at the same rate as cigarettes, and imposes a tax on liquid nicotine at the rate of $.05 per milliliter, passed the Corporations and Transportation Committee on February 26, 2019. The bill is currently in the Senate Finance Committee. Senate Bill 342, which increases the legal purchase age for tobacco products and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age (includes an exemption for active military), passed the Senate Public Affairs Committee on February 25, 2019. The bill is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee

Oklahoma: House Bill 2288, which amends the Clean Indoor Air Act to remove exemptions for tobacco shops and cigar bars, passed the House Public Health Committee on February 21, 2019 and is currently in the House awaiting consideration. Senate Bill 495, which requires any business selling vapor products to notify the State tax commission through the business registration process, passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on February 25, 2019.

South Dakota: House Bill 1209, which redefines "tobacco product" to include vapor products to prohibit the use of vapor products where smoking is prohibited, passed the House on February 25, 2019. Language regarding the OTP tax imposition on vapor products was removed from the bill on February 25, 2019.

Utah: House Bill 274, which, effective July 1, 2019, defines businesses that sell any flavored tobacco product (other than tobacco or menthol) as a retail tobacco specialty business and applying the restrictions on proximity to certain locations and to one another, passed the House Business and Labor Committee on February 21, 2019. House Bill 324, which, as amended, increases the minimum legal sales and purchase, use and possession age for tobacco products from 19 to 20 on July 1, 2020 and to age 21 on July 1, 2021, and prohibits local jurisdictions from increasing the minimum age, passed the House Committee on Business and Labor on February 27, 2019. House Bill 338, which grandfathers retail tobacco specialty businesses existing prior to 2016 from the location restrictions on such businesses, passed the House Committee on Business and Labor on February 27, 2019.

Vermont: Senate Bill 86, which increases the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21, reported favorably from the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on February 26 and the Senate Finance Committee on February 27, 2019.

Washington: House Bill 1873, which redefines "tobacco product" to include vapor products, thus imposing the OTP excise tax rate of 95% of the taxable sales price on vapor products, was considered in the House Finance Committee on February 26, 2019. The bill remained in committee at the conclusion of the hearing.

West Virginia: House Bill 348 increases the purchase age for tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, passed the Senate and referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services on February 28, 2019.

Wyoming: House Bill 296, which would have increased the tax on cigarettes by $.50 per pack, died in committee on February 27, 2019. House Bill 282, which would have imposed a tax on vapor products at 20% of the wholesale price, died in committee on February 26, 2019.