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2024 SESSION

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HB 947 Local government; regulation by ordinance for locations of tobacco products, etc.

Introduced by: Alfonso H. Lopez | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Local government powers; regulation of tobacco, nicotine, and hemp product retail sale locations. Allows a locality to regulate the retail sale locations of tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, alternative nicotine products, or hemp products intended for smoking for any such retail sale location and may prohibit a retail sale location on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day center or a public, private, or parochial school.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101420D  pdf
• 01/26/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106162D-H1  pdf
• 02/27/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB947ER)  pdf
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101420D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 01/23/24  House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/25/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106162D-H1
• 01/30/24  House: Read first time
• 01/31/24  House: Read second time
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106162D-H1
• 01/31/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB947H1
• 02/01/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 02/19/24  Senate: Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/27/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB947ER)
• 02/27/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)