CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1937
Chapter 47, Laws of 2013
63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session
TOBACCO PRODUCTS--VAPOR PRODUCTS--MINORS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the House March 5, 2013
Yeas 96 Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives

CERTIFICATE
I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of
the House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is HOUSE
BILL 1937 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.

Passed by the Senate April 11, 2013
Yeas 46 Nays 1
BARBARA BAKER
Chief Clerk
BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
Approved April 23, 2013, 4:02 p.m.

FILED
April 24, 2013

JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State
State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1937
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington

63rd Legislature

2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Ross, Jinkins, Angel,
Morrell, Hope, Ryu, Schmick, and Moscoso
Read first time 02/19/13.
Accountability & Oversight.

Referred

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Green,

Committee

Harris,
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Cody,

Government

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AN ACT Relating to prohibiting a person from selling or giving a
vapor product designed solely for smoking or ingesting tobacco to a
minor; and amending RCW 26.28.080.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

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Sec. 1. RCW 26.28.080 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 437 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Every person who sells or gives, or permits to be sold or
given, to any person under the age of eighteen years any cigar,
cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapper, ((or)) tobacco in any form, or
a vapor product is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(2) It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this
section that the person acted, or was believed by the defendant to act,
as agent or representative of another.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "vapor product" means a
noncombustible tobacco-derived product containing nicotine that employs
a mechanical heating element, battery, or circuit, regardless of shape
or size, that can be used to heat a liquid nicotine solution contained
in cartridges. Vapor product does not include any product that is

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regulated by the United States food and drug administration under
chapter V of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act.
Passed by the House March 5, 2013.
Passed by the Senate April 11, 2013.
Approved by the Governor April 23, 2013.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 24, 2013.

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