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

Hawaii: House Bill 537, which, effective January 1, 3000, establishes a tax on vapor products of 70% of the manufacturer’s list price, passed House on March 7, 2023. House Bill 551, which, effective June 30, 3000, prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, passed House on March 7, 2023. Senate Bill 975, which, effective December 31, 2050, establishes a tax on vapor products of 70% of the manufacturer’s list price, passed Senate on March 7, 2023. Senate Bill 1447, which, effective July 1, 2050, permits counties to regulate tobacco products consistent with but more stringently than state law, passed Senate on March 7, 2023. The following bills died by missing a March 3, 2023 procedural deadline (please note the bills above are still in process and cover many of the same subjects): House Bills 117 and 324 and Senate Bill 208, which would have repealed the existing statewide preemption of tobacco regulation; House Bill 833 and Senate Bill 1375, which would have prohibited the sale of flavored tobacco products effective January 1, 2024, established a tax on vapor products of 70% of the manufacturer’s list price, and repealed the existing statewide preemption of tobacco regulation; House Bills 860 and 1077, which would have increased the age for sale, purchase, possession, and consumption of tobacco products from 21 to 25; House Bill 1076 and Senate Bill 1374, which would have prohibited the sale of flavored tobacco products effective January 1, 2024 and repealed the existing statewide preemption of tobacco regulation; House Bill 1423, which would have established a tax on vapor products of 10% of the wholesale price; Senate Bill 148, which, effective January 1, 2024, would have prohibited sales of tobacco products or electronic smoking devices to persons born on or after January 1, 2003, and prohibited purchase, use, and possession of the products by those persons; Senate Bill 441, which would have established a tax of 25 cents for e-liquid cartridges and 15% of the wholesale price of open system e-liquids; Senate Bills 496 and 942, which would have prohibited the sale of flavored tobacco products; and Senate Bill 1214, which would have established a tax on vapor products of 70% of the manufacturer’s list price.

Maine: LD662 (HP431), which specifies that a municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that prohibits a licensed tobacco retailer from selling flavored tobacco products, is scheduled for a hearing in the Joint Committee on State and Local Government on March 16, 2023.

New Mexico: Senate Bill 235, which increases the excise tax on tobacco products to 31% of the wholesale price, amends existing law to repeal the separate taxes imposed on vapor products and e-liquid for the purpose of imposing the proposed 31% of the wholesale price OTP rate on vapor products, and repeals the excise tax cap for cigars of 50 cents per cigar, passed the Senate Taxation, Business, and Transportation Committee on March 4, 2023.

North Dakota: House Bill 1412, which requires a license to sell electronic smoking devices, was heard the Senate Committee on Industry and Business on March 6, 2023

Vermont: Senate Bill 18, which bans the retail sale of flavored cigarettes, flavored OTP, e-cigarettes and e-liquids (flavored includes menthol), passed in the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare on March 3, 2023.