---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont"
description: "An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 26"
citation: "Vermont H 26 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Till", "Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09b73b06-5faa-4501-8bdd-a7442d97e31e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/477"
source_hash: "cef55a6ba67ad455f75e27c06697437e7ff74180100f7e1dd94bfcfa5fddecef"
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-vt"]
---

# Vermont H 26 (2019-2020) — An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0026/H-0026%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT022/ACT022%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT022/ACT022%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0026/H-0026%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0026/H-0026%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Till — primary (person)
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Avram Patt — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Kimbell — cosponsor (person)
- David Yacovone — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Lanpher — cosponsor (person)
- James McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Conlon — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Scheu — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Terence Macaig — cosponsor (person)
- Trevor Squirrell — cosponsor (person)
- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2019-03-12** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-12** Rep. Brumsted of Shelburne reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-03-12** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-04-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-30** Favorable report by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably by Senator Hooker for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Roll Call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2019-05-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-16** House message: Governor approved bill on May 16, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Delivered to the Governor on May 14, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor on May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09b73b06-5faa-4501-8bdd-a7442d97e31e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).