Bill Text: OH SB379 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To ban the sale of products intended for use in electronic cigarettes that are not in child-resistant packaging.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-29 - To Commerce & Labor [SB379 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SB379-Introduced.html
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Senator Jones
Cosponsors:
Senators Manning, Kearney
| To enact section 1349.83 of the Revised Code to ban | 1 |
| the sale of products intended for use in | 2 |
| electronic cigarettes that are not in | 3 |
| child-resistant packaging. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 1349.83 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 1349.83. (A) As used in this section: | 7 |
| (1) "Electronic cigarette" has the same meaning as in section | 8 |
| 2927.02 of the Revised Code. | 9 |
| (2) "Child-resistant packaging" means packaging to which both | 10 |
| of the following apply: | 11 |
| (a) The packaging is designed or constructed to be | 12 |
| significantly difficult, within a reasonable time, for a child | 13 |
| under five years of age to open or to obtain a toxic or harmful | 14 |
| amount of the substance contained in the packaging. | 15 |
| (b) The packaging is not difficult for a normal adult to open | 16 |
| or to properly use the product packaged. | 17 |
| (B) No person shall sell any liquid, whether or not the | 18 |
| liquid contains nicotine, that is intended for human consumption | 19 |
| and use in an electronic cigarette that is not in child-resistant | 20 |
| packaging. The department of health shall adopt rules establishing | 21 |
| the standards for child-resistant packaging. | 22 |
| (C) This section does not apply to electronic cigarette | 23 |
| products sold in sealed, pre-filled, or disposable replacement | 24 |
| cartridges. | 25 |
| (D) Whoever violates this section shall be subject to a civil | 26 |
| penalty of up to one thousand dollars for each violation. The | 27 |
| clerk of the court shall pay the civil penalty to the county | 28 |
| treasurer for deposit into the county treasury. | 29 |
