---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to increasing the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age"
description: "An act relating to increasing the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 86"
citation: "Vermont S 86 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Ingram", "Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b8e38a6-7f34-47f6-be4e-e186b17fa8ce"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/105"
source_hash: "32fc71c53481486627adbf02c30c0ef3bf461a1813e37516c61729e3aa17538b"
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 S 86 (2019-2020) — An act relating to increasing the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age

## 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/S-0086/S-0086%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT027/ACT027%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT027/ACT027%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0086/S-0086%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0086/S-0086%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 124, Nays = 14 — **124–14** (pass) · lower
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 33, Nays = 109 — **33–109** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Ingram — primary (person)
- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-02-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-02-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-02-28** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-02-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-02-28** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-02-28** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-02-28** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2019-02-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-04-23** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-23** Rep. Brumsted of Shelburne reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-04-23** Rep. Till of Jericho recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-04-23** Recommendation of Amendment of the Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2019-04-23** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 124, Nays = 14
- **2019-04-23** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-24** Rep. Cina of Burlington moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2019-04-24** Rep. Cina of Burlington asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-04-24** Rep. Helm of Fair Haven moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2019-04-24** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 33, Nays = 109
- **2019-04-24** Which was disagreed to
- **2019-04-24** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-04-25** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-04-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-26** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-04-30** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-04-30** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-04-30** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2019-04-30** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Delivered to Governor on May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor on May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 16, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b8e38a6-7f34-47f6-be4e-e186b17fa8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).