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AZ HB2034

Bill

Status

Passed

3/27/2012

Primary Sponsor

Kimberly Yee

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2012)

AI Summary

  • Expands Arizona law to prohibit furnishing tobacco or shisha instruments and paraphernalia (including hookahs and waterpipes) to minors, classifying the offense as a petty offense.

  • Makes it a petty offense for minors to possess or accept cigars, cigarettes, smoking or chewing tobacco, or shisha instruments and paraphernalia, with a mandatory minimum fine of $100 or 30 hours of community restitution if paraphernalia is involved.

  • Classifies it as a petty offense for individuals under 18 who misrepresent their age to purchase tobacco or shisha instruments, with a fine up to $500.

  • Exempts religious or ceremonial use of tobacco or shisha products by minors when used as an integral part of bona fide religious practice.

  • Exempts shisha instruments and paraphernalia given to minors as gifts or souvenirs if not intended to be used for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha.

Legislative Description

Hookah use; minors; prohibition

Last Action

Governor Signed

3/27/2012

Full Bill Text

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