The following is a summary of recent action that has taken place on tobacco-related bills pending in state legislatures:

California: Assembly Bill 1901, which makes it illegal for non-distributors to possess unaffixed cigarette tax stamps, passed the Senate Government and Finance Committee on June 29, 2016. Assembly Bill 2770, which, as amended, requires a report on the adequacy of funding of the Cigarette and Tobacco Control Act and prohibits use of tobacco licensing fees on enforcement of the Act, passed Senate Committee on Business, Professions & Economic Development on June 27. Senate Bill 1333, which prohibits smoking (including the use of e-cigarettes) in state coastal beaches and state parks, passed the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, & Wildlife on June 28, 2016. Senate Bill 1400, which would, effective January 1, 2019, limit the sale of tobacco to retailers who obtain more than 60% of their revenue from the sale of tobacco products and paraphernalia, and prohibit persons under 21 from entering those stores, was heard in the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions on June 28, 2016, but no vote was taken on the bill which means the bill is effectively dead.

Pennsylvania: Senate Bill 1073, which establishes the spending portion of the 2017 budget, received concurrence and passed the Senate on June 29, 2016. The revenue bill, which may include a cigarette tax increase and a new tax on other tobacco products, has yet to be finalized. Senate Bill 691, which adjusts the minimum mark-up for cigarettes from 6% to 7%, requires a signed contract of sale by the parties to a sale of cigarettes, provides for a violation for failure to pay in full for cigarettes within 14 days and asserts state preemption pertaining to dealers licensed under this article (except for a city of the first class), passed the Senate on June 30, 2016.