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Bill Youth Access to Tobacco Prevention Act of 2006 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-500, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE "YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PREVENTION ACT OF 2006", SO AS TO STRENGTHEN AGE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INTERNET SALE OF TOBACCO AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, TO PROHIBIT MINORS FROM ENTERING RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT PRIMARILY SELL SUCH PRODUCTS, WITH EXCEPTIONS, AND TO CREATE RELATED CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-501, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE "YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PREVENTION ACT OF 2006", SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION FOR "ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT" AND BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR "ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE", "E-LIQUID", AND "VAPOR PRODUCT"; BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-380 SO AS TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT, IMPLEMENT, AND ENFORCE A WRITTEN POLICY PROHIBITING THE USE OF TOBACCO AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND AT SCHOOL EVENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-95-20, RELATING TO THE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT'S PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN SCHOOLS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE EXCLUSION FOR PRIVATE OFFICES AND TEACHERS LOUNGES; BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-506 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS ON THE SALE OF E-LIQUID CONTAINERS AND CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2019-2020 H 3420 South Carolina H 3420 (2019-2020)
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South Carolina H 3420 (2019-2020) — Youth Access to Tobacco Prevention Act of 2006

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-500, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE "YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PREVENTION ACT OF 2006", SO AS TO STRENGTHEN AGE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INTERNET SALE OF TOBACCO AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, TO PROHIBIT MINORS FROM ENTERING RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT PRIMARILY SELL SUCH PRODUCTS, WITH EXCEPTIONS, AND TO CREATE RELATED CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-501, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE "YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PREVENTION ACT OF 2006", SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION FOR "ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT" AND BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR "ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE", "E-LIQUID", AND "VAPOR PRODUCT"; BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-380 SO AS TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT, IMPLEMENT, AND ENFORCE A WRITTEN POLICY PROHIBITING THE USE OF TOBACCO AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND AT SCHOOL EVENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-95-20, RELATING TO THE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT'S PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN SCHOOLS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE EXCLUSION FOR PRIVATE OFFICES AND TEACHERS LOUNGES; BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-506 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS ON THE SALE OF E-LIQUID CONTAINERS AND CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

  1. Filed (filed) — source
  2. 1/30/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 1/31/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 1/31/2019-A (committee substitute) — source
  5. 12/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 2/5/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 3/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 3/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 3/28/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage of Bill — 1170 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Amendment 1a — 1060 (pass) · lower
  • to concur — 360 (pass) · upper
  • 2nd Reading — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bernstein — primary (person)
  • Clemmons — primary (person)
  • Finlay — primary (person)
  • Simmons — primary (person)
  • Thayer — primary (person)
  • West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-18 Prefiled filing
  • 2018-12-18 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: West
  • 2019-01-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons, Simmons
  • 2019-01-31 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2019-01-31 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-02-05 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-05 Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
  • 2019-02-06 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-03-01 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Young, McLeod, Senn
  • 2019-03-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-21 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2019-03-21 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-03-27 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2019-03-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-03-28 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
  • 2019-03-28 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2019-04-02 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2019-04-09 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
  • 2019-04-09 Returned to Senate with amendments
  • 2019-04-09 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
  • 2019-04-11 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
  • 2019-04-11 Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-0
  • 2019-04-25 Ratified R 38
  • 2019-04-26 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-05-03 Effective date 04/26/19
  • 2019-05-06 Act No. 25

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87ca9aa7-b891-4c0a-82f1-7edef61e3db9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).