Bill Text: NH HB242 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the definition and regulation of e-cigarettes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Regular Calendar 12Y-11N, Motion Adopted === BILL KILLED ===; 05/11/2017; Senate Journal 16 [HB242 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB242-Introduced.html
HB 242 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0457
05/09
HOUSE BILL 242
AN ACT relative to the definition of e-cigarette and the sale of tobacco products.
SPONSORS: Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the definition of e-cigarette to provide that the device may or may not contain nicotine.
The bill also includes e-cigarettes in the definition of tobacco products for purposes of sale and licensure requirements.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0457
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the definition of e-cigarette and the sale of tobacco products.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Youth Access To and Use of Tobacco Products; Definition of E-Cigarette. Amend RSA 126-K:2, II-a to read as follows:
II-a. "E-cigarette'' means any electronic smoking device composed of a mouthpiece, a heating element, a battery, and electronic circuits that [provides a vapor of pure] may or may not contain nicotine [mixed with propylene glycol to the user as the user simulates smoking]. This term shall include such devices whether they are manufactured as e-cigarettes, e-cigars, or e-pipes, or under any other product name.
2 Tobacco Products; Definition. Amend RSA 175:1, LXIV-d to read as follows:
LXIV-d. "Tobacco products'' means cigarettes, loose tobacco, [and] smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes as defined in RSA 126-K:2, II-a.
