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IntroducedMar 06, 2025
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Passed HouseJun 03, 2025
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Passed SenateJun 04, 2025
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Signed into Law
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO, CANNABIS, HEMP AND RELATED PRODUCTS, CONDUCT AND ESTABLISHMENTS. To (1) establish a state-wide cannabis and hemp enforcement task force, (2) require a municipality to submit a copy of an application for a court order to the Attorney General, (3) authorize seizures of additional merchandise, (4) redirect funds derived from certain civil penalties to municipalities, (5) prohibit conduct concerning the shipment and transportation of tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products, (6) establish penalties concerning the unlawful shipment and transportation of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products, and (7) provide that a cannabis establishment licensee, or any servant or agent thereof, shall be guilty of a class E felony if such person sells or delivers (A) any cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia to any person younger than twenty-one years of age, or (B) any synthetic cannabinoid to any person.
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Senate • Jun 04, 2025: In Concurrence
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 7181
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- General Law Committeeprimary
Votes
YES: 37
- Winfield G
- Stafstrom S
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Flexer M
- Perillo J
- Quinn M
- Fazzino J
- Rahman M
- Kissel J
- Fishbein C
- Rutigliano D
- Blumenthal M
- Simms T
- Brown M
- Veach D
- Cabrera J
- Walker T
- Callahan P
- Wilson D
- Cicarella P
- DeCaprio M
- Delany H
- Dillon P
- Doucette J
- Dubitsky D
- Gaston H
- Gilchrest J
- Godfrey B
- Howard G
- Jacobson J
- Johnson D
- Khan M
- LaMark Muir R
- Lesser M
- Maher C
- Miller P
- O'Dea T
NO: 0
ABSENT: 4
- Osborne M
- Gadkar-Wilcox S
- Roberts K
- Elliott J
YES: 33
- Osten C
- Haddad G
- Walker T
- Harding S
- Hartley J
- Kushner J
- Johnson S
- Kavros DeGraw E
- Somers H
- Leeper J
- Lesser M
- Anwar S
- Martinez R
- Baker A
- Marx M
- Belton K
- McCarthy Vahey C
- Berthel E
- McCrory D
- Rosario C
- Dathan L
- Ryan K
- Sanchez E
- DeFronzo D
- Delany H
- Dillon P
- Slap D
- Felipe A
- Winfield G
- Flexer M
- Garibay J
- Gibson B
- Gilchrest J
NO: 15
- Kennedy K
- Khan M
- Nuccio T
- Ackert T
- Bolinsky M
- Nolan A
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Candelaria J
- Reyes G
- Courpas T
- DeCaprio M
- Sanchez J
- Simms T
- Foncello M
- Gonzalez M
ABSENT: 5
- Hoxha J
- Exum T
- Paris C
- Brown M
- Gordon J
YES: 116
- ALLIE-BRENNAN
- HUGHES
- WELANDER
- PISCOPO
- ARZENO
- JACOBSON
- WILSON
- PIZZUTO
- BAKER
- JOHNSON, D.
- WINTER
- POLLETTA
- BARRY
- JOHNSON, S.
- WOOD
- BELTON
- KAVROS DEGRAW
- ROMANO
- BERGER-GIRVALO
- KEITT
- RUTIGLIANO
- BIGGINS
- KHAN
- ACKERT
- BLUMENTHAL
- LAMARK MUIR
- LEEPER
- ANISKOVICH
- VAIL
- BROWN, K.
- LEMAR
- LUXENBERG
- BRONKO
- BUMGARDNER
- MARTINEZ, R.
- BUCHSBAUM
- YACCARINO
- CHAFEE
- MCCARTHY VAHEY
- ZAWISTOWSKI
- COLLINS MAIN
- MCGEE
- CALLAHAN
- ZULLO
- COMEY
- CANDELORA, V.
- ZUPKUS
- CONCEPCION
- MESKERS
- CANINO
- CONSTANTINE
- MORRIN BELLO
- CARNEY
- DATHAN
- DEFRONZO
- OSBORNE
- CASE
- RITTER
- DELANY
- PARIS
- COURPAS
- DEMICCO
- PARKER
- CANDELARIA, J.
- QUINN
- DELNICKI
- GODFREY
- DOUCETTE
- RADER
- EXUM
- ROBERTS
- REYES
- FARRAR
- ROCHELLE
- FONCELLO
- FAZZINO
- ROJAS
- RYAN
- FELIPE
- SANCHEZ, E.
- SANTIAGO
- FORTIER
- SANCHEZ, J.
- FOSTER
- SANTANELLA
- BUTLER
- GAIEWSKI
- SANTOS
- JENSEN
- GONZALEZ
- GARIBAY
- SHAKE
- KENNEDY
- GAUTHIER
- KLARIDES-DITRIA
- PAOLILLO
- GEE
- GENGA
- SMITH
- MARRA
- ELLIOTT
- GILCHREST
- STAFSTROM
- GUCKER
- STEINBERG
- GRESKO
- HADDAD
- NUCCIO
- LINEHAN
- HEFFERNAN
- TURCO
- O'DEA
- NOLAN
- HORN
- WALKER
- PAVALOCK-D'AMATO
NO: 22
YES: 36
- JOHN W. FONFARA
- CATHERINE A. OSTEN
- DOUGLAS MCCRORY
- MARTHA MARX
- SAUD ANWAR
- JASON PERILLO
- MD RAHMAN
- SUJATA GADKAR-WILCOX
- DEREK SLAP
- HERRON GASTON
- RICK LOPES
- JULIE KUSHNER
- JOHN A. KISSEL
- BOB DUFF
- PAUL HONIG
- CECI MAHER
- MATTHEW L. LESSER
- PATRICIA BILLIE MILLER
- GARY WINFIELD
- TONY HWANG
- MARTIN M. LOONEY
- MAE FLEXER
- CHRISTINE COHEN
- STEPHEN HARDING
- JAN HOCHADEL
- HENRI MARTIN
- JAMES MARONEY
- ERIC C. BERTHEL
- JOAN V. HARTLEY
- NORMAN NEEDLEMAN
- ROB SAMPSON
- PAUL CICARELLA
- JORGE CABRERA
- JEFF GORDON
- HEATHER S. SOMERS
- RYAN FAZIO
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Jun 04, 2025 | Senate
- Rules Suspended
- Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
- Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- In Concurrence
- Jun 03, 2025 | Senate
- Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 603
- Jun 03, 2025 | House
- House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 10422
- House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
- May 13, 2025 | House
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- No New File by Committee on Appropriations
- Tabled for the Calendar, House
- May 12, 2025 | House
- Joint Favorable (APP)
- May 09, 2025 | House
- Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations
- May 06, 2025 | House
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- New File by Committee on Judiciary
- Tabled for the Calendar, House
- File Number 835 (LCO)
- Apr 29, 2025 | House
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/05/25 5:00 PM (LCO)
- Apr 28, 2025 | House
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Apr 25, 2025 | House
- Joint Favorable Substitute (JUD)
- Apr 22, 2025 | House
- Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 09, 2025 | House
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- House Calendar Number 397
- File Number 632 (LCO)
- Apr 03, 2025 | House
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/25 5:00 PM (LCO)
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Joint Favorable (GL)
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Public Hearing 03/19
- Mar 06, 2025 | House
- Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
Documents
- Bill Analysis for HB-7181, as amended by House "A"
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 835
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 632
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 632
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 835
- Fiscal Note for HB-7181, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 10422)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10422 (See Fiscal Note Details)
- Committee Report GL Joint Fav. Rpt
- Committee Report JUD Joint Fav. Rpt
- Committee Report APP Joint Fav. Rpt
- Public Hearing Testimony