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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6489

SB 6489: Tobacco, vapor/under 21

Concerning possession of vapor, vapor products, tobacco, and tobacco products by persons under the age of twenty-one.

Summary

  • Repeals civil infractions prohibiting the purchase or possession of tobacco or vapor products by a person under 18 years of age.
  • Removes authority of a peace officer or Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) enforcement officer to detain a person purchasing or possessing tobacco products or vapor products to determine if they are under 18 years of age.
  • Removes authority of a peace officer or LCB enforcement officer to seize tobacco products or vapor products from a person under 18 years of age.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2020
  2. Out of committeeFeb 7, 2020
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)
Introduced
January 17, 2020 in the Senate
Last action
February 24, 2020
Companion bill
HB 2932
Versions
SB 6489, SSB 6489

AN ACT Relating to possession of vapor, vapor products, tobacco, and tobacco products by persons under the age of twenty-one;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Rebecca Saldaña (D-37)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Karen Keiser D-33Joe Nguyen D-34Claire Wilson D-30

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6489)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6489)
  4. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6489)
  6. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6489)
  7. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 6489)
  8. Minority; without recommendation.
  9. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  10. Minority; do not pass.
  11. Referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.
  12. And refer to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.
  13. LBRC - Majority; without recommendation.
  14. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 6489 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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