AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jul 2021
House Passage
Jul 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Feb 10, 2021
Signed Jul 7, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Jul 7, 2021
Signed into law
07/07/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence
upper
Jul 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
07/01/2021 House passed Sub B
lower
Jun 30, 2021
Legislature · Passed
06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B
legislature
May 12, 2021
Committee
05/12/2021 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/11/2021 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Legislature · Passed
04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 15, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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