HOUSE BILL 1558

Sponsored By:

Delegate Benson

Entitled:

Commercial Law - Sales of Unpackaged Cigarettes - Prohibitions and Penalties

Synopsis:

Prohibiting specified persons from purchasing, selling, reselling, distributing, dispensing, or giving away to any person in the State specified unpackaged cigarettes; prohibiting a person from making available for use by another person a tobacco product rolling machine to produce an unpackaged cigarette; providing that a person who possesses, sells, or attempts to sell specified cigarettes is in violation of a specified provision of law; establishing penalties for a violation of specified provisions of the Act; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

3/16

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Benson) Adopted (134-0)

Referred House Rules and Executive Nominations

3/22

Re-referred Economic Matters

3/24

Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.

4/2

Favorable Report by Economic Matters

3/28

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

3/30

Third Reading Passed (132-4)

Senate Action

4/3

First Reading Senate Rules

4/9

Re-referred Finance

4/12

Unfavorable Report by Finance

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Cigarettes -see also- Smoking

Commerce and Business -see also- Dealers; Elec. Comm.; etc

Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties and Sentnc; etc.

Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment

Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty

Tobacco

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Commercial Law

( 11-5A-01 , 11-5A-02 , 11-5A-03 )

Documents

Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered

Committee Votes :

House

Economic Matters

Senate

Finance

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 16, 2010: Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Benson) Adopted (134-0)

March 30, 2010: Third Reading Passed (132-4)