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Introduced Session

This bill prohibits the use of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products by food delivery drivers while engaged in food delivery. Under the bill, an individual employed by a delicatessen, grocery store, supermarket, food or grocery delivery service, restaurant, or similar business, who is delivering food or groceries to a customer in the course of the individual's employment with the business, is prohibited from using an electronic smoking device or tobacco products while delivering, handling, or transporting the customer's food or groceries. The bill defines "electronic smoking device" to mean any electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, hookah, or pipe. "Tobacco product" means any product containing, made, or derived from any tobacco, nicotine, or other chemicals or substances for consumption by a person, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, or smoking tobacco. A person who violates the bill's provisions will be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $250 for the first violation, not less than $500 for the second violation, and $1,000 for the third and each subsequent violation, to be collected in a summary proceeding before the municipal court having jurisdiction.

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Nick Scutari (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 02/24/2020)