Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008
Latest action · Feb 28, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth conditions for the receipt by states of federal substance abuse prevention and treatment grants.
Requires such states to: (1) prohibit a minor from purchasing or receiving a tobacco product or possessing a tobacco product in a public place; and (2) require law enforcement agencies to notify a minor's parent, custodian, or guardian whose name and address is reasonably ascertainable of any such violation.
Requires such states to require any person engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products at retail to implement a program to: (1) notify its employees that state law prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and the purchase, receipt, or possession in a public place of a tobacco product by a minor; and (2) ensure compliance with such law. Directs such states to provide for a civil monetary penalty or community service for violations.
Requires such states to have established goals for reducing the rate of retailer violations. Allows states to use minors to test compliance under certain conditions.
Directs such states to certify expenditure of more than 10% of the funds paid to the state as part of the comprehensive settlement of November 1998 against tobacco manufacturers on health programs, tobacco control and cessation activities, or economic development for tobacco regions.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance to states in developing, enacting, and implementing such laws and in setting goals, including by developing model legislative language.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2008 to Sep 9, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Feb 28, 2008 |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Mar 4, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Sep 9, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2008Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Feb 28, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7573 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Jul 30, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Commerce
- Community service (Punishment)
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug abuse treatment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Fines (Penalties)
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Law
- Parent and child
- Regional economic development
- Retail trade
- Smoking and youth
- State laws
- Tobacco
- Tobacco settlement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2008Introduced in House
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