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

Clarification: In the August 14, 2019 NATO News bulletin, NATO reported that Nebraska Legislative Bill 397, which was passed earlier this session, made a technical change to the definition of “cigarette” The Nebraska Department of Revenue is interpreting the language of the new law to include little cigars and filtered cigars and, consequently, taking the position that these products will need to comply with the Master Settlement Agreement with brands of little cigars and filter cigars and be added to the Nebraska Directory of Certified Tobacco Product Manufacturers and Brands.

California: Senate Bill 39, which would require that packaging of tobacco products for delivery through the mail or other delivery services (1) identify that the contents are tobacco and require a signature of a person 21 or older, and (2) require that such a signature be obtained upon delivery, passed Assembly Committee on Appropriations on August 14, 2019.

Hawaii: Senate Bill 1405, which would have increased penalties on persons under 21 for use of electronic tobacco products and requires public school teachers to confiscate electronic tobacco products possessed by persons under 21, was vetoed by the Governor on July 9, 2019.

Maine: LD1028/HP758, which was amended to remove the cigarette tax increase, increases the OTP (including electronic cigarettes) tax to 43% of wholesale and ties the OTP tax rate to future cigarette tax increases, was signed by the Governor on July 2, 2019.

New Jersey: Assembly Bill 5385, which imposes a licensing requirement on vapor businesses, limits the sale of “container e-liquid” to vapor businesses and imposes a retail tax of 10% on “container e-liquid” (the definition of which excludes a pre-filled cartridge) was signed by the Governor on June 30, 2019.

Wisconsin: An amended version of Assembly Bill 56, which now imposes a tax on vapor products at the rate of 5 cents per milliliter, was approved by the Governor on July 3, 2019. The original version of the bill would have taxed vapor products at 71% of the wholesale price and would have taxed little cigars at the same rate as cigarettes. The provision regarding the taxation of little cigars was removed from the final version of the bill. Effective October 1, 2019.