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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 402 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Jabour", "Lombardi", "Miller", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f7bcbf-2ae6-4e40-b6a0-79edd0051cd7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ba353afbcf5d10deac161d5441c265b95316ae04b3a9e9c8d95a6cee916c1140"
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-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 402 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **402 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0402A.pdf)
## Votes
- RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - — **690** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **360** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/c5f7bcbf-2ae6-4e40-b6a0-79edd0051cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).