Bill Text: HI HB2348 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Sale Of Tobacco Products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). [HB2348 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2348-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 712-1258, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (6) and (7) to read as follows:
"(6) Any [person] employee of a
retailer, permittee, or registrant who violates subsection (1) or (4), or both,
shall be fined [$500] $100 for the first offense[. Any subsequent offenses shall subject the
person to a fine], and not less than [$500] $100 nor
more than [$2,000.] $500 for any subsequent offense within five years
of a previous offense. Any retailer,
permittee, or registrant who violates or whose employee violates subsection (1)
or (4), or both, shall:
(a) Be fined $500
for the first offense;
(b) Be fined not
less than $500 and not more than $5,000 for a second offense within five years
of a previous offense; and
(c) Have the retailer's, permittee's, or registrant's license suspended for a third or any subsequent offense within five years of the last offense.
Any person under twenty-one years of age who
violates subsection (5)
shall be fined $10 for the first offense.
Any subsequent offense shall subject the violator to a fine of $50, no
part of which shall be suspended, or the person shall be required to perform
not less than forty-eight hours nor more than seventy-two hours of community
service during hours when the person is not employed and is not attending
school. Any tobacco product or electronic smoking device, as
those terms are defined in subsection (7), in the person's possession at the
time of violation of subsection (5) shall be seized, summarily forfeited to the
State, and destroyed by law enforcement following the conclusion of an
administrative or judicial proceeding finding that a violation of subsection
(5) has been committed. The procedures
set forth in chapter 712A shall not apply to this subsection.
(7) For the purposes of this section:
"E-liquid" means any liquid or
like substance, which may or may not contain nicotine, that is designed or
intended to be used in an electronic smoking device, whether or not packaged in
a cartridge or other container.
"E-liquid" shall not include prescription drugs; medical
cannabis or manufactured cannabis products pursuant to chapter 329D; or medical
devices used to aerosolize, inhale, or ingest prescription drugs, including
manufactured cannabis products manufactured or distributed in accordance with
section 329D-10(a).
"Electronic smoking device" means any electronic product that can be used to aerosolize and deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including but not limited to an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, or electronic pipe, and any cartridge or other component of the device or related product.
"Permittee" means the
holder of a retail tobacco permit in accordance with chapter 245.
"Registrant" means an
entity registered with the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit
pursuant to section 28-164.
"Retailer" means an
entity that engages in the practice of selling cigarettes or tobacco products
to consumers and includes the owner of a cigarette or tobacco product vending
machine.
"Tobacco product" means any product made or derived from tobacco that contains nicotine or other substances and is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, or ingested by other means. "Tobacco product" includes but is not limited to a cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, e-liquid, or an electronic smoking device. "Tobacco product" does not include drugs, devices, or combination products approved for sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Electronic Smoking Devices; Tobacco Products; Underage Sales of Tobacco Products; Penalties; Retailers; Permittees; Registrants
Description:
Establishes a schedule of penalties for employees and holders of retail tobacco permits or persons registered to sell electronic cigarette smoking devices who illegally sell tobacco products and electronic smoking devices to persons under 21. Effective July 1, 2050. (HD2)
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