Bill Text: HI SB2791 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Tobacco.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Referred to CPH/EDU, JDC. [SB2791 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2791-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TOBACCO.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-102 [Smoking] Tobacco use prohibited. (a)
All public schools within the State, from kindergarten through grade
twelve, shall prohibit the use of tobacco at public schools or at public school
functions.
(b) Any person under the age of eighteen who uses
tobacco at a public school or public school function shall be required to
attend a tobacco education course, accompanied by the person's parent or
guardian. The parent or guardian shall
pay $25 to offset the cost of the course, which may include the costs of an
instructor, materials, and facility.
(c) Any person eighteen years and older but under
twenty-one years of age who uses tobacco at a public school or public school function
shall be required to attend a tobacco education course and pay $25 to offset
the cost of the course, which may include the costs of an instructor,
materials, and facility.
(d) The tobacco education course and $25 fee
shall not be suspended or waived and shall be in lieu of any other penalties for
the unlawful use of tobacco by persons under the age of twenty-one imposed by
law.
(e) As used in this section:
"Tobacco" has the same
meaning as "tobacco product" in section 328J-1.
"Tobacco education course" means a course approved by the department of health that integrates a best practices curriculum to promote tobacco cessation."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Smoking; Public Schools; Tobacco Education Course; Fee
Description:
Establishes a requirement that persons under 21 years of age who use tobacco at a public school or public school function attend a tobacco education course. Persons under 18 years of age shall be accompanied to the course by their parent or guardian. Establishes a related fee.
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