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

Maine: LD 1693 / HP1258, which bans flavored products (including menthol) and doubles the cigarette tax to $4.00 per pack, will be heard in the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services on February 4, 2022.

Maryland: Senate Bill 249, which authorizes Baltimore City to enact and enforce local laws to regulate the sale and distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic smoking devices (excludes taxes and issuance of licenses), is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on February 3, 2022. Senate Bill 99, which authorizes a county or municipality to enact and enforce local laws to regulate the sale and distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic smoking devices (excludes taxes and issuance of licenses), will be heard in the Senate Finance Committee on January 27, 2022.

Utah: House Bill 34, which modifies the definition of “cigarette” for taxation and regulation purposes to include both combusted and heated products, passed the House on January 18, 2022.

Virginia: Senate Bill 25 (same as House Bill 1076), which requires any locality that increases its tax rate on cigarettes to allow a person with unsold inventory to pay the tax increase on the unsold inventory by filing a return for one calendar year after the tax increase; defines "unsold inventory" for the purposes of this provision to mean cigarettes held prior to the tax rate increase, reported favorably from the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations on January 19, 2022.