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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 6110 (as amended by House "A" and "B")*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ONLINE SALE AND DELIVERY OF
ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR
PRODUCTS.
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits any person with a Department of Consumer
Protection (DCP)-issued e-cigarette certificate of dealer registration
from selling or shipping more than two vapor products and 30
cartridges of e-cigarette liquid to the same consumer in a one-month
period.
It requires a dealer authorized to sell e-cigarettes (i.e., electronic
nicotine delivery systems or vaping products) online and ship them
directly to a Connecticut consumer to do the following at the time of
sale:
1. (a) require the consumer to provide a copy of his or her valid
driver’s license or identity card or (b) verify the consumer’s
identity on a commercially available third-party database that
businesses use for age verification and
2. ensure that the name on the license or identity card, or verified
on the database, is identical to the name on the credit or debit
card or other payment method used for the purchase.
By law, the dealer must also (1) obtain the signature of a person
aged 21 or older at the address prior to delivery and after requiring the
signer to provide a driver’s license or identification card as proof of
age and (2) include a shipping label on the package that conspicuously
states:
“CONTAINS AN ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM OR
VAPOR PRODUCT – SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR 2021HB-06110-R01-BA.DOCX
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OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY. ”
The bill does not include enforcement provisions or penalties
regarding these online sales.
The bill also expands the definition of “electronic cigarette liquid” to
specifically include concentrated plant extracts or oils containing
natural or synthetic ingredients. By law, an electronic cigarette liquid
includes any liquid that produces a vapor that may be inhaled by the
user of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product.
*House Amendment “A” (1) changes, from 30 days to one month,
the period in which a dealer can sell no more than 2 vapor products
and 30 cartridges of e-cigarette liquid to someone; (2) excludes from
certain “vapor product” regulations only those medicinal and
therapeutic products that do not contain “characterizing flavor” (i.e.,
non-tobacco flavoring such as fruits or chocolate), rather than all
medicinal or therapeutic products; and (3) expands the definition of
electronic cigarette liquid to include concentrated plant extracts that
may be inhaled by e-cigarette users.
*House Amendment “B” (1) removes the vapor product and
“characterizing flavor” provisions in House Amendment “A,” and (2)
further expands the definition of electronic cigarette liquid to include
concentrated plant extracts or oils containing natural or synthetic
ingredients.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2021
COMMITTEE ACTION
Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 13 Nay 0 (03/11/2021)