Bill Text: TX SB1316 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-21 - Effective on 9/1/25 [SB1316 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB1316-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1316 | ||
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| relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain | ||
| locations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter K, Chapter 161, Health | ||
| and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER K. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CIGARETTE, E-CIGARETTE, OR | ||
| TOBACCO PRODUCT ADVERTISING; FEE | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 161.121, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (2-a) "E-cigarette" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 161.081. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 161.122(a), (b), and (e), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by this section, a sign containing an | ||
| advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products | ||
| may not be located closer than 1,000 feet to a church or school. | ||
| (b) The measurement of the distance between the sign | ||
| containing an advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or | ||
| tobacco products and an institution listed in Subsection (a) is | ||
| from the nearest property line of the institution to a point on a | ||
| street or highway closest to the sign, along street lines and in | ||
| direct lines across intersections. | ||
| (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign containing an | ||
| advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products | ||
| that, before September 1, 1997, was located closer than 1,000 feet | ||
| to a church or school but that was not located closer than 500 feet | ||
| to the church or school. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1316 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1316 passed the House on | ||
| May 7, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
