SB1147
Retail tobacco products and hemp products; prohibiting sale or distribution, etc.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc., of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons younger than 21 years of age; penalties.
Increases the penalties for an individual or separate retail establishment that sells or distributes, etc., retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age. The bill increases from $500 to $1,000 the civil penalty for a first violation. For a second violation ... (More) within a three-year period, the bill requires the Department of Taxation to suspend any approved license, permit, or registration issued to the retail establishment. For a third violation within a three-year period, the bill requires a one-year suspension of such approved license, permit, or registration, and for a fourth violation within a three-year period, a permanent revocation of such approved license, permit, or registration. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104381D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105439D-S1
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/04/2025 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/05/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
