Amended in Assembly September 3, 2015

Amended in Assembly June 29, 2015

Amended in Assembly June 3, 2015

Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate BillNo. 438


Introduced by Senator Hill

February 25, 2015


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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 438, as amended, Hill. begin deleteElectronic cigarettes. end deletebegin insertEarthquake safety.end insert

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Existing law creates, as an independent unit within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, and provides that the commission is responsible for certain duties related to earthquake hazard mitigation, including, among others, helping to coordinate the earthquake safety activities of government at all levels.

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This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to work with the Administration through the fall 2015 recess in order to establish a California Earthquake Safety Board by July 1, 2016.

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Existing law, to the extent not preempted by federal law, makes it unlawful for a person to sell or otherwise furnish electronic cigarettes to a person under 18 years of age.

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This bill would require all cartridges for electronic cigarettes and solutions for filling and refilling an electronic cigarette to be in child-resistant packaging, as defined.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertThe Legislature finds and declares that mitigation
2against earthquake damage must be addressed in the immediate
3term and that it intends to work with the Administration through
4the fall 2015 recess in order to establish a California Earthquake
5Safety Board by July 1, 2016.end insert

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SECTION 1.  

Section 119406 is added to the Health and Safety
7Code
, to read:

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119406.  

(a) All cartridges for electronic cigarettes and
9solutions for filling or refilling an electronic cigarette shall be in
10child-resistant packaging.

11(b) “Child-resistant packaging” means packaging that is
12consistent with federal standards adopted by the federal Consumer
13Product Safety Commission (Part 1700 of Title 16 of the Code of
14Federal Regulations).

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