---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5293"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5293 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic nicotine delivery systems", "Vapor product"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, Terry B.", "Bocchino, Mike", "Carney, Devin R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Lavielle, Gail", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McGorty, Ben", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Ohler, Brian M.", "Perone, Chris", "Rutigliano, David", "Somers, Heather B.", "Steinberg, Jonathan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20505e7b-58b4-48ee-bbfc-68cfcaa1cffa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6b47423706b8543c8c1e3c3f5e9e9cd0084e3c3ccf9d32bab2703fbaf234bd34"
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-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5293 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05293-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05293-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05293-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 167 AS AMENDED — **145–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 372 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Bocchino, Mike — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Ohler, Brian M. — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2018-03-26** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 233
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 359
- **2018-04-18** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-26** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 497
- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 671
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-109 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-07** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20505e7b-58b4-48ee-bbfc-68cfcaa1cffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).