---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to possession of an electronic smoking product or a product containing nicotine by a minor and to selling or giving a product containing nicotine or an electronic smoking product to a minor; relating to business license endorsements to sell cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, products containing tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine; relating to citations for certain offenses concerning tobacco, products containing nicotine, or electronic smoking products; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to possession of an electronic smoking product or a product containing nicotine by a minor and to selling or giving a product containing nicotine or an electronic smoking product to a minor; relating to business license endorsements to sell cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, products containing tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine; relating to citations for certain offenses concerning tobacco, products containing nicotine, or electronic smoking products; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Alaska SB 15 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MINORS", "REGULATORY ACTIONS", "SALES", "TOBACCO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEVENS"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 71
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a009e66-bde4-47d9-b83d-53e4246f1e94"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB15"
source_hash: "a55973f0fa30e5255a829410f1fe81fef39f30f1fe07573e03495fbfc045b560"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska SB 15 (30) — An Act relating to possession of an electronic smoking product or a product containing nicotine by a minor and to selling or giving a product containing nicotine or an electronic smoking product to a minor; relating to business license endorsements to sell cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, products containing tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine; relating to citations for certain offenses concerning tobacco, products containing nicotine, or electronic smoking products; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0015A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015A)
2. **SB0015B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015B)
3. **SB0015C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015C)
4. **SB0015D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015D)
5. **SB0015E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015E)
6. **SB0015Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0015Z)

## Votes

- Shall HCS CSSB 15(L&C) pass the House? — **37–3** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 15(FIN) "An Act relating to possession of an electronic smoking product or a product containing nicotine by a minor and to selling or giving a product containing nicotine or an electronic smoking product to a minor; relating to business license endorsements to sell cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, products containing tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine; and relating to citations for certain offenses concerning tobacco, products containing nicotine, or electronic smoking products" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall HCS CSSB 15(L&C) advance to third reading on the same day? — **37–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEVENS — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- MacKinnon — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** Prefile released `filing`
- **2017-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** L&C, JUD
- **2017-03-06** L&C RPT CS 4DP NEW TITLE
- **2017-03-06** L&C Do Pass: COSTELLO, HUGHES, MEYER, GARDNER `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Law)
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-10** JUD RPT CS 3DP 1NR 1AM NEW TITLE
- **2017-04-10** JUD No Recommendation: COGHILL
- **2017-04-10** JUD Do Pass: WIELECHOWSKI, KELLY, COSTELLO `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** JUD Amend: MEYER
- **2017-04-10** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Health and Social Services)
- **2017-04-10** Fiscal Note 3: No fiscal impact (Law)
- **2017-04-10** Fiscal Note 4: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2017-04-10** FN5:(CED)
- **2017-04-10** FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD
- **2018-02-21** Cosponsors added: GIESSEL, COSTELLO, MACKINNON, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, HUGHES, MEYER
- **2018-02-21** WIELECHOWSKI, WILSON, KELLY, BISHOP
- **2018-02-28** FIN RPT CS 6DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2018-02-28** FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, MICCICHE `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** FIN No Recommendation: OLSON
- **2018-02-28** FN6: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2018-02-28** Fiscal Note 7: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-03-08** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-03-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-08** Read the third time CSSB 15(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-08** VERSION: CSSB 15(FIN)
- **2018-03-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** L&C, FIN
- **2018-03-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRENN
- **2018-04-02** L&C RPT HCS(L&C) NT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-04-02** TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2018-04-02** L&C Do Pass: KITO `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-02** L&C No Recommendation: STUTES, WOOL, BIRCH
- **2018-04-02** FN6: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2018-04-02** Fiscal Note 7: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-17** FIN RPT HCS(L&C) NT 6DP 2AM
- **2018-04-17** TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2018-04-17** FIN Do Pass: GARA, PRUITT, THOMPSON, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, SEATON `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** FIN Amend: WILSON, TILTON
- **2018-04-17** FN6: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2018-04-17** Fiscal Note 7: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-04-20** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA
- **2018-04-26** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2018-05-12** RULES TO 2ND SUP CALENDAR 5/12/2018
- **2018-05-12** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-12** L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2018-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y37 N1 A2
- **2018-05-12** Read the third time HCS CSSB 15(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2018-05-12** PASSED Y37 N3 `passage`
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-05-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ, ZULKOSKY, SADDLER, JOSEPHSON, KAWASAKI, TUCK
- **2018-05-12** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-05-12** VERSION: HCS CSSB 15(L&C)
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-05-12** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- **2018-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/4/18
- **2018-06-27** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 286
- **2018-06-27** Fiscal Note 7: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2018-11-07** 11:17 AM 7/10/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 57 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a009e66-bde4-47d9-b83d-53e4246f1e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).