republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-263.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 263	Rhode Island SB 263 (2021)	bill	Civil Procedure Criminal Offense Statutes Tobacco Vaping / E-Cigarettes	enacted	Coyne DiMario F Lombardi Gallo Goodwin Lombardo McCaffrey Miller Ruggerio Sosnowski	1	18	3	2021-02-10	2021-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/13e88437-1227-4845-a778-1e6bf8518011	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	377491e35f619edf95be268c11734053eaec5b52ae355c57f7aa8ec0b36b8ddb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 263 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN (Raises the legal age for individuals to be sold or delivered certain tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery systems products from eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age.)

Version chain

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

1. 263 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 59–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• F Lombardi — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 03/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2021)
• 2021-03-15 03/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
• 2021-04-28 04/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-04-29 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 05/06/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub B passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13e88437-1227-4845-a778-1e6bf8518011. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).