88R12296 KKR-F
 
  By: Thierry H.B. No. 3027
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful sale or
  transfer of a single-use e-cigarette product.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0876 to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.0876.  UNLAWFUL SALE OR TRANSFER OF SINGLE-USE
  E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS.  (a)  In this section, "single-use
  e-cigarette product" means an e-cigarette that is:
               (1)  prefilled with a consumable liquid solution or
  other material aerosolized or vaporized during use of the
  e-cigarette; and
               (2)  designed to be discarded after the liquid solution
  or other material is depleted.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person sells, gives,
  delivers, or furnishes a single-use e-cigarette product to another
  person.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.