republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2748.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, etc.; purchase, possession, and sale."
description: "Increases the minimum age for persons prohibited from purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products, and the minimum age for persons such products can be sold to, from 18 years of age to 21 years of age with an exception for active duty military personnel. The bill also allows tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products to be sold from a vending machine if there is posted notice of the minimum age requirements and the machine is located in a place that is not open to the general public and not generally accessible to persons under 21 years of age. Under current law, tobacco products may be sold from a vending machine if there is posted notice of the minimum age requirements and the machine is located in a place that is not open to the general public and not generally accessible to minors. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2748"
citation: "Virginia HB 2748 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher P. Stolle"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf82122-f7e2-4eaf-a0d6-20676234e3e5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2748"
source_hash: "a19f646ff4e2abfe1a24d6be7fa5e383531590824b2398c2faede6d00daa34f8"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2748 (2019) — Tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, etc.; purchase, possession, and sale.

Increases the minimum age for persons prohibited from purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products, and the minimum age for persons such products can be sold to, from 18 years of age to 21 years of age with an exception for active duty military personnel. The bill also allows tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products to be sold from a vending machine if there is posted notice of the minimum age requirements and the machine is located in a place that is not open to the general public and not generally accessible to persons under 21 years of age. Under current law, tobacco products may be sold from a vending machine if there is posted notice of the minimum age requirements and the machine is located in a place that is not open to the general public and not generally accessible to minors. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0090)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2748AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2748)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2748ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2748ER)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104561D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2748)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104561D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2748E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106837D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2748S1)

## Votes

- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106837D-S1 — **62–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **9–7** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)
- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 19104561D `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2748E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19104561D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 19106837D-S1
- **2019-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2748S1
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106837D-S1 (62-Y 32-N 1-A)
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bf82122-f7e2-4eaf-a0d6-20676234e3e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).