Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 502

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: regulation of liquid nicotine packaging, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of Cigarette Tobacco

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Passes Senate, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to promulgate rules requiring special packaging for liquid nicotine, which

is commonly used to refill cartridges for electronic cigarettes. Current law defines

special packaging as packaging that is designed or constructed in a way that makes

it significantly difficult for children under five years of age to open or access the

substance contained in the packaging or container. The bill creates an exemption

from these rules for liquid nicotine contained in disposable packaging that is filled

and sealed by the manufacturer and intended for use in vapor devices such as

electronic cigarettes, and that is not intended to be opened by the consumer. The bill

also requires these rules to meet the specifications and follow the testing methods

for special packaging provided under certain federal regulations.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DATCP

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 0