MassVoter.com← All 2017–2018 votesSenate roll call #437 · 2017–2018 session · June 28, 2018
Protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction
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What they voted on
Approve the bill in this chamber (it still needs the other chamber and a final vote)
Official wording: H.4486, Question on passing the bill to be engrossed
Who filed H.4486
Sponsor Jeffrey Sánchez
Passed
Every member's vote
Voted yes (33)
- Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex · Democrat
- Joseph A. Boncore First Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Michael D. Brady Second Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- William N. Brownsberger Second Suffolk and Middlesex · Democrat
- Harriette L. Chandler First Worcester · Democrat
- Sonia Chang-Diaz Second Suffolk · Democrat
- Nick Collins First Suffolk · Democrat
- Cynthia Stone Creem First Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Brendan P. Crighton Third Essex · Democrat
- Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk · Democrat
- James B. Eldridge Middlesex and Worcester · Democrat
- Paul R. Feeney Bristol and Norfolk · Democrat
- Cindy F. Friedman Fourth Middlesex · Democrat
- Anne M. Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex · Democrat
- Adam G. Hinds Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden · Democrat
- Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex · Democrat
- Patricia D. Jehlen Second Middlesex · Democrat
- John F. Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth · Democrat
- Barbara A. L'Italien Second Essex and Middlesex · Democrat
- Eric P. Lesser First Hampden and Hampshire · Democrat
- Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex · Democrat
- Joan B. Lovely Second Essex · Democrat
- Mark C. Montigny Second Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Michael O. Moore Second Worcester · Democrat
- Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk · Republican
- Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol · Democrat
- Michael J. Rodrigues First Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- Richard J. Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex · Republican
- Michael F. Rush Norfolk and Suffolk · Democrat
- Karen E. Spilka Second Middlesex and Norfolk · Democrat
- Bruce E. Tarr First Essex and Middlesex · Republican
- Walter F. Timilty Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth · Democrat
- James T. Welch Hampden · Democrat
Voted no (3)
- Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk · Republican
- Donald F. Humason, Jr. Second Hampden and Hampshire · Republican
- Dean A. Tran Worcester and Middlesex · Republican
What it means
This bill raises the minimum age to buy tobacco and vaping products in Massachusetts from 18 to 21; people who turned 18 before December 31, 2018 may still buy them, unless a local rule in effect on December 30, 2018 says otherwise. It adds vaping products (e-cigarettes and similar devices) to the state's indoor smoking ban and to the ban on tobacco use in and around schools, and bars pharmacies and other health care institutions from selling tobacco or vaping products, and requires child-resistant packaging for nicotine liquid containers. Fines for selling to someone under 21 are $100, $200 and $300 for first, second and later offenses. It also creates a 15-member task force to study vaping, and takes effect December 31, 2018.
Source: official text and history of H.4486 on malegislature.gov. This describes the bill text posted there; amendments may have changed the version that was voted on.
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Source: H.4486 on malegislature.gov · official roll call. MassVoter never grades or scores legislators. How to read this