Virginia House Bill 1283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Registration of tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of tobacco products; penalties. The bill prohibits any person from selling any tobacco product at retail (i) without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Taxation and (ii) at a location within 1,000 feet of a youth-oriented facility, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits Internet sales of tobacco products, except to a permit-holding retailer, and prohibits the sale of tobacco products from vending machines. The bill imposes civil penalties of up to $1,500 for selling tobacco products without a permit and up to $2,000 for selling tobacco products to persons under age 21. Permits would be subject to annual renewal and subject to revocation for violations of federal, state, or local laws related to tobacco products. The bill imposes recordkeeping requirements and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to engage in fraud or misrepresentation in connection with an application for a permit. Registration of tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of tobacco products; penalties. The bill prohibits any person from selling any tobacco product at retail (i) without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Taxation and (ii) at a location within 1,000 feet of a youth-oriented facility, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits Internet sales of tobacco products, except to a permit-holding retailer, and prohibits the sale of tobacco products from vending machines. The bill imposes civil penalties of up to $1,500 for selling tobacco products without a permit and up to $2,000 for selling tobacco products to persons under age 21. Permits would be subject to annual renewal and subject to revocation for violations of federal, state, or local laws related to tobacco products. The bill imposes recordkeeping requirements and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to engage in fraud or misrepresentation in connection with an application for a permit. The bill updates, for the purpose of the crime of selling or distributing tobacco products to a person younger than 21 years of age, the definition of "tobacco products" by including in such definition products currently defined as "nicotine vapor products" or "alternative nicotine vapor products." The bill also removes provisions prohibiting the attempt to purchase, purchase, or possess tobacco products by persons younger than 21 years of age. The bill provides that the punishment of a retail establishment that sells, gives, or furnishes a tobacco product to a person younger than 21 years of age or to a person who does not demonstrate that such person is at least 21 years of age is a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, a civil penalty of $1,000 for a second offense, and a civil penalty of $2,500 and a suspension or revocation of such establishment's distributor's license for a third or subsequent offense, regardless of the type of tobacco product. Under current law, such penalties apply only to the sale, distribution, or purchase of a bidi and do not require a suspension or revocation of the establishment's distributor's license, while violations involving all other products are punishable by a civil penalty of $100 for a first offense, a civil penalty of $200 for a second offense, and a civil penalty of $500 for a third or subsequent offense. The bill also removes the exception allowing the sale, giving, or furnishing of any tobacco product, nicotine vapor product, or alternative nicotine vapor product to active-duty military personnel who are 18 years of age or older. Finally, the bill requires agents of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage and Control Authority to conduct a minimum number of two compliance checks each year on any retailer selling tobacco products and to use a person younger than 21 years of age to conduct such checks.

Tobacco products retailers; registration, purchase, possession, and sale of products, penalties.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Finance
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20107293D-H1
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-29	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-27	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-27	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Finance by voice vote
2020-01-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105166D

HB1283 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	246.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	391	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	206	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	279.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	79.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1021.04:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1030.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1030.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	293.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1283
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1283+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1283H1+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB1283F161+PDF