Bill Text: HI SB1127 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vapor Products; Tobacco Products; Electronic Cigarettes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 30 [SB1127 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB1127-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SALES OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES TO PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 709-908, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"[[]§709-908[]] Tobacco[;]
and electronic smoking devices prohibited; minors. (1) It shall be
unlawful to sell or furnish tobacco, or any electronic smoking device [in
any shape or form, including chewing tobacco and snuff, ]to a minor under eighteen
years of age. For the purposes of this section "tobacco" means tobacco
in any shape or form including chewing tobacco and snuff; and the term "electronic
smoking device" means any electronic product that can be used to simulate
smoking in the delivery of 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.
(2) Signs using the statement, "The sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices to persons under eighteen is prohibited", shall be posted on or near any vending machine in letters at least one-half inch high and at or near the point of sale of any other location where tobacco products are sold in letters at least one-half inch high.
(3) It shall be unlawful for a minor under eighteen years of age to purchase any tobacco product or electronic smoking device, as described under subsection (1). This provision does not apply if a person under the age of eighteen, with parental authorization, is participating in a controlled purchase as part of a law enforcement activity or a study authorized by the department of health under the supervision of law enforcement to determine the level of incidence of tobacco or electronic smoking device sales to minors.
(4) Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2), or both, shall be fined $500 for the first offense. Any subsequent offenses shall subject the person to a fine not less than $500 nor more than $2,000. Any minor under eighteen years of age who violates subsection (3) 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."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Sales of Electronic Smoking Devices to Persons Under Eighteen Years of Age
Description:
Adds electronic smoking devices to tobacco as products that are unlawful to sell to or be purchased by persons under eighteen years of age; and requires the additional listing of electronic smoking devices to sales prohibition signage.
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