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: Senate Bill 45, which as substituted, imposes a tax on electronic smoking products (including e-liquid) at the rate of 45% of the wholesale price, increases the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco and vapor products to 21 years of age, and prohibits the distribution of electronic smoking products that are not clearly recognizable as a tobacco product, moved out of the Senate Finance Committee with recommendations on April 12, 2022. The current version of the bill reduced the proposed tax rate from 75% of the wholesale price and also removed a provision banning flavored electronic smoking products.

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, is pending in the General Assembly.

Delaware: Senate Bill 131, which reduces the tax rate on premium cigars from 30% to 15% of the wholesale price, was heard in the House Committee on Revenue and Finance and reported without recommendation on April 13, 2022.

Hawaii: House Bill 1570, which bans the sale of flavored tobacco products except those having received a marketing order from the FDA, passed Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means Committees on April 7, 2022; was amended on the Senate floor on April 12, 2022 to make the ban effective January 1, 2023; passed Senate on April 14, 2022, and the House disagreed with the Senate amendments on April 14, 2022.

Maryland: The General Assembly adjourned sine die on April 11, 2022.

Rhode Island: House Bill 7725, which allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate the use and sales of cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems, was heard in the House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing on April 12, 2022. The committee recommended the measure to be held for further study.

Virginia: House Bill 1076 and SB25, which require 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, were signed by the Governor on April 8, 2022