THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
COMMITTEE
ON HEALTH
Senator Josh Green, Chair
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice-Chair
COMMITTEE
ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair
Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice-Chair
MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014
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DATE:
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Monday, February 10, 2014
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TIME:
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1:00 PM
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PLACE:
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Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street
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DECISION MAKING ON THE
FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):
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SB2495
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.
Requires persons engaged as wholesalers and dealers of electronic smoking
devices and retailers of electronic smoking devices to obtain a license from
the department of health. Limits the retail sale of electronic smoking
devices to those retailers who also hold a retail tobacco permit. Specifies
that the revenue from electronic smoking device license fees shall be used to
support smoking cessation programs in the State. Amends Hawaii's
anti-smoking statute to prohibit the use of electronic smoking devices in
places open to the public and places of employment. Clarifies that the sale,
distribution, or display of electronic smoking devices is restricted in the
same manner as cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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HTH/CPN, WAM
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SB2496
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Imposes an excise tax equal to eighty-five per cent of the wholesale price of
any tobacco product, other than large cigars, sold by a wholesaler or dealer
on and after January 1, 2015, whether or not sold at wholesale, or if not
sold then at the same rate upon the use by the wholesaler or dealer.
Requires any increase in the excise tax rate imposed on cigarettes on or
after 1/1/2015 to trigger an automatic excise tax increase on other tobacco
products on or after 1/1/2015. Requires the additional moneys collected
under the excise tax to be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer
research special fund.
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HTH/CPN, WAM
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No testimony will be accepted.
FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and
measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both
underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the
agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-9385.