CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION House Resolution No. 52Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyAugust 12, 2019 Relative to We Card Awareness Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTHR 52, as introduced, Lackey. Digest KeyBill TextWHEREAS, California law prohibits the sale of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, and electronic devices that deliver nicotine or other vaporized liquids, including e-cigarettes, to persons under 21 years of age; andWHEREAS, We Card Awareness Month is a retail education and training effort designed to boost California retailers awareness of, and participation in, responsible retailing efforts to comply with federal, state, and local laws and to identify, prevent, and deny sales of tobacco and other age-restricted products to minors; andWHEREAS, The Year 2019 marks the 24th anniversary year of the national nonprofit organization, The We Card Program, Inc., which provides training and education to the retail community to help retailers comply with age-restricted product laws and serve their communities as responsible retailers; andWHEREAS, We Card in-store training and education materials, its online training program, and its mystery shopping service ID Check-Up are available to all California retailers through the We Card Program internet website; andWHEREAS, California will benefit from a responsible retailing community that successfully prevents sales of tobacco and other age-restricted products to minors; andWHEREAS, While some California retailers offer their own training programs and sting operations, over 50 percent of convenience stores in the State of California are run by owner-operators of a single store, and they trust and rely on programs such as We Card to remain in compliance and continue to be family businesses integral to their local communities; andWHEREAS, A California Department of Public Health study found that in 2017 convenience stores had a 95-percent success rate in preventing youth access to age-restricted products, such as tobacco and alcohol; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly proclaims the month of September 2019 to be We Card Awareness Month; and be it furtherResolved, That the Assembly encourages all California retailers to participate in We Card Awareness Month and to let their customers know that in California, we dont sell tobacco and other age-restricted products to kids!; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION House Resolution No. 52Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyAugust 12, 2019 Relative to We Card Awareness Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTHR 52, as introduced, Lackey. Digest Key
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
House Resolution
No. 52
Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyAugust 12, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey
August 12, 2019
Relative to We Card Awareness Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HR 52, as introduced, Lackey.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, California law prohibits the sale of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, and electronic devices that deliver nicotine or other vaporized liquids, including e-cigarettes, to persons under 21 years of age; and
WHEREAS, We Card Awareness Month is a retail education and training effort designed to boost California retailers awareness of, and participation in, responsible retailing efforts to comply with federal, state, and local laws and to identify, prevent, and deny sales of tobacco and other age-restricted products to minors; and
WHEREAS, The Year 2019 marks the 24th anniversary year of the national nonprofit organization, The We Card Program, Inc., which provides training and education to the retail community to help retailers comply with age-restricted product laws and serve their communities as responsible retailers; and
WHEREAS, We Card in-store training and education materials, its online training program, and its mystery shopping service ID Check-Up are available to all California retailers through the We Card Program internet website; and
WHEREAS, California will benefit from a responsible retailing community that successfully prevents sales of tobacco and other age-restricted products to minors; and
WHEREAS, While some California retailers offer their own training programs and sting operations, over 50 percent of convenience stores in the State of California are run by owner-operators of a single store, and they trust and rely on programs such as We Card to remain in compliance and continue to be family businesses integral to their local communities; and
WHEREAS, A California Department of Public Health study found that in 2017 convenience stores had a 95-percent success rate in preventing youth access to age-restricted products, such as tobacco and alcohol; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly proclaims the month of September 2019 to be We Card Awareness Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Assembly encourages all California retailers to participate in We Card Awareness Month and to let their customers know that in California, we dont sell tobacco and other age-restricted products to kids!; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.