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: House Bill 110, which is a carryover bill from the 2021 legislative session and imposes a tax on electronic smoking products (including e-liquid) at the rate of 75% of the wholesale price and increases the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco and vapor products to 21 years of age, was considered in the House Finance Committee on March 9, 2022. The bill remains in committee.

Arizona: House Bill 2125, which requires a state tobacco retail license administered by the Department of Health Services and allows local jurisdictions to regulate tobacco products, failed on Third Reading on March 3, 2022; motion to reconsider within 14 days granted March 3, 2022.

Colorado: House Bill 1064, which prohibits the sale and distribution of all flavored cigarettes, tobacco products and nicotine products (includes flavored synthetic nicotine products), is scheduled for consideration in the House Health and Insurance Committee on March 16, 2022.

Connecticut: Senate Bill 367, which prohibits the sale of flavored ENDS/vapor products; caps nicotine content at 35 mg/ml; requires dealers to maintain documentation of nicotine content and increases penalties for sales violations, will be head in the Joint Committee on Public Health on March 14, 2022.

Georgia: Senate Bill 572, which relates to the sale of vapor products (defines illicit vapor products, requires manufacturers to deliver an attestation to the state AG certifying the manufacturer has applied for a PMTA or has a marketing order or other authorization from the FDA), was amended (to delay the implementation date) and passed the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs on March 7th and reported favorably on March 9, 2022.

Hawaii: House Bill 1570, which, effective July 1, 2060, bans the sale of flavored tobacco and synthetic nicotine products and defines heated smoking products as electronic smoking devices, passed House on March 3, 2022. Senate Bill 3118, which, effective January 1, 2050, bans the sale of flavored tobacco products, passed Senate on March 8, 2022. One bill died by rule on March 5: Senate Bill 2278, which, would have taxed electronic smoking devices and e-liquids at 70% of the wholesale price.

Idaho: Senate Bill 1285, which prohibits any locality from enacting ordinances regulating the marketing or sale of tobacco or vapor products and also prohibits localities from imposing additional taxes or fees on tobacco products or vapor products, passed the Senate on March 7, 2022. SB1285 is currently in the House Health and Welfare Committee.

Indiana: The Conference Committee report for Senate Bill 382, which includes a tax on alternative nicotine products, as defined, at $0.40 per ounce; a tax on closed system cartridges at 15% of the wholesale price; a requirement that remote sellers, as defined, to be licensed and subject to tobacco taxes, was adopted by the House and Senate on March 8, 2022. The legislature adjourned the 2022 regular session sine die.

Maine: LD 1693/HP1258, which proposed to ban flavored products (including menthol), and double the cigarette tax to $4.00 per pack and increases OTP taxes by 100%, was amended by stripping out the flavor ban and tax increases in the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services on March 2, 2022.

Maryland: House Bill 442, 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 licensees), reported unfavorably from the House Economic Matters Committee on March 8, 2022. House Bill 1341, which authorizes Prince George’s County to regulate OTP and electronic smoking devices: limit the number of licenses; impose density restrictions; deny license applications for locations within 1500 feet of schools), reported unfavorably from the House Economic Matters Committee on March 8, 2022. House Bill 477, 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), was heard in the House Economic Matters Committee on March 9, 2022.

New York: Senate Bill 6741 (same as A8156), which provides that the tax on premium cigars to be 75% of wholesale or $.50 per cigar, whichever is less, was amended and recommitted to the Senate Committee on Budget and Revenue on March 7, 2022.

West Virginia: Senate Bill 71, which allows political subdivisions to regulate the sale and marketing of tobacco products and vapor products, was heard in the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 8th and reported out as “do pass” on March 9, 2022.