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AR HB1722

Bill

Status

Passed

3/31/2015

Primary Sponsor

Deborah Ferguson

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Origin

House of Representatives

90th General Assembly (2015 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Adds e-cigarettes to the existing smoking prohibition on all campuses of state-supported institutions of higher education in Arkansas.

  • Defines "e-cigarette" as an electronic oral device that provides vapor containing nicotine or other substances, including devices with heating elements, batteries, and liquid nicotine delivery systems composed of pure nicotine and propylene glycol.

  • Includes e-cigarette variants such as e-cigars and e-pipes under the prohibition, regardless of alternative names or descriptors used for the devices.

  • Removes the August 1, 2010 effective date from the smoking prohibition statute and applies the ban to smoking and e-cigarette use going forward.

  • Bill was approved on March 31, 2015.

Legislative Description

To Prohibit The Use Of E-cigarettes On Each Campus Of State-supported Institutions Of Higher Education.

Last Action

Notification that HB1722 is now Act 847

3/31/2015

Committee Referrals

Education3/16/2015

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