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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2025; February 28, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | + | April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain |
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| 9 | 12 | | locations. |
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| 10 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 14 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter K, Chapter 161, Health |
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| 12 | 15 | | and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER K. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CIGARETTE, E-CIGARETTE, OR |
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| 14 | 17 | | TOBACCO PRODUCT ADVERTISING; FEE |
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| 15 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 161.121, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 16 | 19 | | amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 20 | | (2-a) "E-cigarette" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 18 | 21 | | Section 161.081. |
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| 19 | 22 | | SECTION 3. Sections 161.122(a), (b), and (e), Health and |
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| 20 | 23 | | Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 24 | | (a) Except as provided by this section, a sign containing an |
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| 22 | 25 | | advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products |
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| 23 | 26 | | may not be located closer than 1,000 feet to a church or school. |
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| 24 | 27 | | (b) The measurement of the distance between the sign |
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| 25 | 28 | | containing an advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or |
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| 26 | 29 | | tobacco products and an institution listed in Subsection (a) is |
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| 27 | 30 | | from the nearest property line of the institution to a point on a |
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| 28 | 31 | | street or highway closest to the sign, along street lines and in |
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| 29 | 32 | | direct lines across intersections. |
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| 30 | 33 | | (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign containing an |
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| 31 | 34 | | advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products |
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| 32 | 35 | | that, before September 1, 1997, was located closer than 1,000 feet |
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| 33 | 36 | | to a church or school but that was not located closer than 500 feet |
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| 34 | 37 | | to the church or school. |
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| 35 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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