Alaska: Senate Bill 63, which prohibits smoking and e-cigarette use in enclosed areas in public places, including sports arenas, public transportation vehicles, retail shopping stores, hotels, motels, government buildings, restaurants, bars, educational facilities, health care facilities, and places of employments, received a “Pass Recommendation” from the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee on April 28, 2017.

California: Senate Bill 631, which prohibits retailers that primarily sell tobacco products from selling nitrous oxide, passed Senate Appropriations Committee on May 8.

Colorado: Senate Bill 139, which permanently extends the ability for distributors to claim a credit for taxes paid on tobacco products that are shipped or transported by the distributor to a consumer outside the state, was vetoed by the Governor on April 28, 2017.

Connecticut: House Bill 5384, which was substituted to raise the legal age for the purchase and use of tobacco products to 21, except for any person who is (1) eighteen years of age or older prior to October 1, 2017, or (2) a member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, may purchase and possess tobacco products in any form, was reported as “substitute ought to pass” on May 9, 2017. House Bill 6359, which increases the cigarette tax by $1.49 per pack with a floor tax of $.075 per cigarette, failed the Joint Favorable deadline on April 28, 2017. House Bill 6368, which establishes a uniform method of taxation for all tobacco products, failed the Joint Favorable deadline on April 28, 2017.

Florida: House Bill 649/Senate Bill 988, which increase the cigarette surcharge tax by $1.00 per pack were postponed indefinitely and withdrawn from consideration. House Bill 1093/Senate Bill 1138, which increase the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21, were postponed indefinitely and withdrawn from consideration.

Indiana: Senate Bill 1, which removes date restrictions in the e-liquids statutes and removes certain requirements for an initial e-liquids manufacturing permit, was signed by the Governor on April 27, 2017.

Massachusetts: The following bills are scheduled for a hearing in the Joint Committee on Public Health on May 16, 2017: House Bill 2455, Senate Bill 1188 and Senate Bill 1189 prohibit the sale of tobacco products at certain health care institutions. Senate Bill 1178 prohibits the sale of a tobacco product to a person under the age of 21 or, not being his parent or guardian, give a tobacco product to a person under the age of 21. House Bill 1217 and Senate Bill 1218 prohibit the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 21 (except persons who attained age 18 before January 1, 2017) and bans the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. House Bill 2864 raises the minimum sales age for tobacco products from 18 to 21; prohibits the use of vending machines for the sale of tobacco products; requires child-resistant packaging for e-liquid containers; prohibits the sale of tobacco products at health-care institutions, including retail establishments that provide optician or pharmaceutical services on their premises. House Bill 1180 prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to persons under the age of 18. House Bill 835 requires Child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine containers.

Michigan: Senate Bill 37, which prohibits sale of electronic cigarettes and other vapor products to minors, passed Senate Committee on Regulatory Reform on May 10, 2017.

Nevada: Assembly Bill 162, which allows a retailer to accept a permanent resident card as proof of age for sales of tobacco products, was signed by the Governor on May 9, 2017. Assembly Bill 415, which allows a retailer to accept a tribal identification card as proof of age for sales of tobacco products, passed the Assembly on April 25, 2017. Senate Bill 399, which allows a retailer to accept a tribal identification card as proof of age for sales of tobacco products, passed Senate on April 20, 2017. Assembly Bill 450, which includes the use of vapor products in the existing smoking ban and prohibits sales of vapor products that do not comply with the federal Poison Prevention Act or do not include the product ingredients, amount of nicotine, and a notice that sale to someone under 18 is prohibited, died by rule on April 15, 2017. Senate Bill 399, which allows a retailer to accept a tribal identification card as proof of age for sales of tobacco products, passed Senate on April 20, 2017.

New Hampshire: House Bill 242, which amends the definition of e-cigarette to mean any electronic smoking device that may or may not include nicotine and defines e-cigarettes as a tobacco product for purposes of sale and licensing, failed to pass the Senate on May 11, 2017.

New York: Assembly Bill 4377A (same as Senate Bill 2542A), which requires retailers of electronic cigarettes, not otherwise registered with the Department of Taxation and Finance to sell tobacco products, to register with the Department of Health, was amended in the Assembly Health Committee on May 2, 2017.

Oklahoma: House Bill 2372, which increases the excise tax on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack, passed the Joint Appropriations and Budget Committee on May 8, 2017.

Oregon: Senate Bill 754, which increases the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, was considered in a work session in the House Health Care Committee on May 10, 2017. House Bill 2056 increases the tax on cigarettes by $.50 per pack, increases the tax on tobacco products from 65% to 90% of the wholesale price, and imposes a tax on vapor products at the rate of $.05 per milligram per milliliter of nicotine, was considered in a public hearing in the House Revenue Committee on May 11, 2017. Senate Bill 235, which deals with smoking prohibitions, passed the Senate and moved to the House on May 1, 2017. It is important to note that the provisions in SB235 relating to the licensing of vapor products retailers were removed in the April 26, 2017 “engrossed-A” version of the bill.

Rhode Island: Senate Bill 232, which prohibits the sale of electronic nicotine-delivery systems without having a license to sell cigarettes and/or tobacco products, was recommended to be held for further study by the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 27, 2017. Senate Bill 402, which prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, was recommended to be held for further study by the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 27, 2017. Senate Bill 593, which prohibits the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age and requires proof of legal age for individuals appearing to be under 30 years of age, was recommended to be held for further study by the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 27, 2017. House Bill 5175, the Governor’s budget bill with a $.50 per pack cigarette tax increase, was heard in the Senate Finance Committee on May 4, 2017. House Bill 5876, prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, was substituted and recommended for passage. Substitute language defines liquid nicotine container as a bottle or other container intended for use in a vapor product and does not include cartridges pre-filled and sealed by the manufacturer.

Texas: Senate Bill 1505, which redefines “cigarette” to include little cigars, thus increasing the tax on little cigars to $1.41 per pack, was considered in a public hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on May 1, 2017. House Bill 1908, which increases the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age, was placed on the General State Calendar on May 9, 2017.

Washington: House Bill 2038, which prohibits the sale of vapor products in a self-service display, was signed by the Governor on May 5, 2017. HB2038 contains an exemption for all retail establishments in which minors are not allowed in the store and such prohibition is posted clearly on all entrances.