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2021 RHODE ISLAND TOBACCO LEGISLATION
Listed below are ALL the 2021 Rhode Island Bills that have anything to do with tobacco and/or nicotine.
Tobacco Free RI does not take a position on any of them.
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Tobacco Tax, Tobacco Control Funding & the State Budget
House Bill No. 6122
(Governor McKee)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2022
- 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance
- 06/15/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- 06/17/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/24/2021)
- 06/24/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
- 06/24/2021 Referred to Senate Finance
- 06/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
- 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence
- 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence
- 07/01/2021 Transmitted to Governor
- 07/06/2021 Signed by Governor
- Click here for approved RI Department of Health Tobacco Control Program Funding on page 98.
Senate Bill No. 766
BY Miller
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LITTLE CIGAR TAX (Requires that the tax imposed on little cigars be imposed in the same manner as the tax imposed on cigarettes, that 25% of such tax revenue would be applied to smoking cessation programs, and requires that little cigars be sold in packs of 20 or more.)
Raising Age of Sale of Tobacco to 21
Senate Bill No. 263 Sub B2
BY Coyne, Ruggerio, Gallo, Lombardo, Goodwin, McCaffrey, Sosnowski, Miller, Lombardi, DiMario
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for persons to purchase or be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, electronic nicotine-delivery systems and liquid nicotine containers from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)
***Enacted on 7/7/21*** For greater details visit our Tobacco21 Compliance page.
House Bill No. 5571 Sub A
BY Diaz, Kazarian, Williams, Ackerman, Tanzi, Perez, Corvese, Noret
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for persons to purchase or be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, electronic nicotine-delivery systems and liquid nicotine containers from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)
***Enacted on 7/7/21*** For greater details visit our Tobacco21 Compliance page.
Regulating the Sale & Use of Tobacco Products State-Wide
House Bill No. 5548
BY Casimiro, Noret, Vella-Wilkinson, Alzate
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Regulates the manufacture, distribution and retail sale of vapor products in Rhode Island.)
- 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
Regulating the Sale & Use of Tobacco Products Locally
House Bill No. 5633
BY Cortvriend, Tanzi, Ruggiero, Kislak, Carson, Speakman, Ajello, Kazarian, Donovan, Fogarty
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate use and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.)
- 02/19/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
Senate Bill No. 258
BY Sosnowski, Coyne, Seveney, Gallo
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate the use and sales of cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic nicotine delivery systems.)
- 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
Pharmacies
House Bill No. 5716
BY Caldwell, Baginski, Morales, Bennett, Ackerman, Donovan, Amore
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN PHARMACIES (Prohibits the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and provides for a civil penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each violation.)
- 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
House Bill No. 6047
BY Tanzi, Felix, Cortvriend, Cassar, Kislak, Morales, Ajello, McGaw, Fogarty, Batista
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Authorizes a licensed pharmacist, who successfully completes a course on tobacco cessation therapy, to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drug products to a qualified patient pursuant to rules adopted by the board of pharmacy.)
- 03/01/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
Senate Bill No. 589
BY Valverde, Miller, DiMario, Mack, Lawson, Goldin
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES (Authorizes a licensed pharmacist, who successfully completes a course on tobacco cessation therapy, to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drug products to a qualified patient pursuant to rules adopted by the board of pharmacy.)
- 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
Smoke-free Workplaces
House Bill No. 6017
BY Tanzi, Fogarty, Cortvriend, Ackerman, Henries, Batista, Diaz, Donovan, Speakman, Felix
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT (Repeals smoke free workplace exemption granted to pari mutual facilities and casinos.)
- 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
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