Bill Text: OH SB379 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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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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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 379

Senator Jones 

Cosponsors: Senators Manning, Kearney 

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A BILL

To enact section 1349.83 of the Revised Code to ban

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the sale of products intended for use in

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electronic cigarettes that are not in

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child-resistant packaging.

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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:

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(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