republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7200.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE."
description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7200"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7200 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Child day care", "Cigarettes", "Consumer Protection Department", "Fees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Licenses", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "School buildings and grounds", "Smoking", "State funds", "Tobacco", "Vending machines", "Electronic nicotine delivery systems", "Vapor product"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Ackert, Tim", "Anwar, Saud", "Arconti, David", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Arnone, Tom", "Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Borer, Dorinda", "Cassano, Steve", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cohen, Christine", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Currey, Jeff", "Dathan, Lucy", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Doucette, Jason", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Fasano, Leonard A.", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Flexer, Mae", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Frey, John H.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hampton, John K.", "Hill, Leslee B.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Kushner, Julie", "Lavielle, Gail", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Linehan, Liz", "Logan, George S.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Maroney, James J.", "Martin, Henri", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McCarty, Kathleen M.", "Michel, David", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morin, Russell A.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "O'Dea, Tom", "Perillo, Jason", "Perone, Chris", "Petit, William A.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Rotella, Kate", "Ryan, Kevin", "Scanlon, Sean", "Simanski, Bill", "Simmons, Caroline", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Verrengia, Joe", "Wilson Pheanious, Pat", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d34acf-5133-48e8-9a24-1787a6beabbd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e3bd04952c5e6b1889c3834a09d3a96588429ea734bd51c8dc34cc6284bb7d4f"
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 7200 (2019) — AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER AGE TWENTY-ONE.

## Version chain

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

1. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07200-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07200-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07200-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arconti, David — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Barry, Jill — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Fasano, Leonard A. — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Hill, Leslee B. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McCarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Rotella, Kate — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Scanlon, Sean — primary (person)
- Simanski, Bill — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Wilson Pheanious, Pat — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2019-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/19
- **2019-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 352
- **2019-04-10** FILE NO. 579
- **2019-04-17** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-16** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-16** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 530
- **2019-05-20** FILE NO. 938
- **2019-05-31** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-31** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-31** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 19-13 `became-law`
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-18** 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/57d34acf-5133-48e8-9a24-1787a6beabbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).