HB 1329 Summary

• Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products" under Hawaii's cigarette tax and tobacco tax law, subjecting them to excise taxes on tobacco products.

• Requires retailers selling e-liquid to obtain a retail tobacco permit and mandates that wholesalers and dealers of e-liquid obtain licenses from the department of taxation.

• Adds new statutory definitions for "e-liquid," "electronic smoking device," "heated tobacco product," and expands the definition of "smoke" or "smoking" to include use of electronic smoking devices that create aerosol or vapor.

• Repeals Chapter 28, Part XII of Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to existing electronic smoking device regulations.

• Takes effect on July 1, 2021.