l9n/ Connecticut

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 290

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS AND SIGNAGE CONCERNING THE USE OF SUCH PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health Committee on February 26, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) raise the minimum age to twenty-one for the purchase of tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products, (2) clarify that "vapor product" does not include a medicinal product used by licensed health care providers to treat patients in a health care setting, and (3) clarify that signs stating that the use of a product or system is prohibited does not need to be placed in every room of a building as long as such signs are posted in a conspicuous place in such building.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Mae Flexer, Beth Bye

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Tim Ackert

    Its course

    February 25 to February 26, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action2 actions on 2 days

    In the SenateFeb 25 to Feb 26 · stopped1 day

    Public Health CommitteeFeb 25 to Feb 26 · stopped1 day

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 25 – Feb 26

    1. Feb 25Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Feb 26Heard in Public Health Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses