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HB302 • 2026

TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools

TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Tehmi Chassion
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Pending in Conference Committee (House)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or penalties, leaving these aspects unclear.

Ban on Selling Vapor Products Near Schools

This bill prohibits the sale, offer for sale, storage, or maintenance of vapor products within 300 feet of schools if a local ordinance forbids it.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds new rules to Louisiana law that ban selling vapor products near schools when local laws say so.
  • Defines how to measure 300 feet from the school's property line to the store using sidewalks or in a straight line, depending on what local laws allow.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who sell vapor products near schools
  • Schools within 300 feet of stores that might sell vapor products

Terms To Know

vapor product
Any non-smoking device that heats a liquid to produce vapor, like e-cigarettes or vape pens.
municipal ordinance
A rule made by a city government that applies within its borders.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only affects areas where local laws already ban selling vapor products near schools.
  • It does not apply to existing permits unless new rules are adopted for them later.
  • Details about how the bill will be enforced or what happens if someone breaks it are not clear.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB302 adds provisions that exclude lawful marijuana products from the ban on vapor product sales near schools and allows local governments to impose stricter requirements than those in the bill.

  • Excludes lawful marijuana or marijuana products authorized by current law and regulated by LDH (Louisiana Department of Health) from being affected by the proposed ban.
  • Allows municipalities or parishes to create stricter rules for selling vapor, tobacco, or alternative nicotine products than those in HB302.
  • Requires applicants for a tobacco retail license to show they follow any local ordinances related to these products.
  • The amendment text does not specify how the exclusion of lawful marijuana products will be enforced or defined.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes a section of the bill to add specific restrictions on selling vapor products near schools, based on local ordinances.

  • Removes certain parts of the original bill and replaces them with new language that prohibits the sale of vapor products within 300 feet of a school if it is restricted by local laws.
  • Specifies how to measure the distance from a school to a store selling vapor products, either along sidewalks or in a straight line as determined by local ordinances.
  • The exact impact depends on whether and how municipalities choose to adopt specific ordinances regarding the sale of vapor products near schools.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the wording of a new rule about where vapor products can be sold near schools.

  • Adds the word 'to' after 'prospectively' in the bill text.
  • The exact impact of this change is unclear without more context on how it affects the overall meaning and enforcement of the rule.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment rejects all changes made by the Senate to HB302, which aims to prohibit the sale of vapor products near schools.

  • Rejects all amendments proposed by the Senate to HB302.
  • The specific details of the Senate's amendments are not provided in the given text, so it is unclear what those changes were or why they were rejected.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment allows local governments to create stricter rules than the state law about selling vapor, tobacco, and alternative nicotine products.

  • Adds a new section (d) that lets cities or counties make their own rules for selling these products, even if they are stricter than what the state says.
  • Adds another section (e) requiring anyone applying for a license to sell tobacco products to show they follow local rules about selling vapor and nicotine products.
  • The amendment does not explain how exactly local governments can make these rules or what specific requirements must be met by applicants.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds an exception to a bill that would prohibit the sale of vapor products near schools, allowing the sale of lawful marijuana or marijuana products authorized under specific state laws.

  • Adds a new section (d) to the bill which excludes lawful marijuana and marijuana products from the prohibition on selling vapor products near schools.
  • The amendment does not provide details about how this exception will be enforced or regulated, only that it is allowed under specific Louisiana state laws.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment adds an exception to a bill that would prohibit the sale of vapor products near schools, allowing the sale of lawful marijuana or marijuana products authorized under specific state laws.

  • Adds a new section (d) to the existing paragraph, which excludes lawful marijuana and marijuana products from the prohibition on selling vapor products near schools.
  • The amendment does not specify how this exception will be enforced or regulated in relation to other provisions of the bill.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  2. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  3. 2026-05-29 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: Duplessis, McMath, and Reese.

  4. 2026-05-29 H

    House conferees appointed: Chassion, Robby Carter, and Knox.

  5. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  7. 2026-05-28 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-28 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-28 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-28 S

    Called from the Calendar.

  11. 2026-05-28 S

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  12. 2026-05-27 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  13. 2026-05-27 S

    Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-05-25 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  15. 2026-05-21 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  16. 2026-05-20 H

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  17. 2026-05-20 H

    Called from the calendar.

  18. 2026-05-20 H

    Rules suspended.

  19. 2026-05-12 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  20. 2026-05-11 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.

  21. 2026-05-11 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  22. 2026-05-07 H

    Reported favorably (15-0).

  23. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  24. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  25. 2026-02-24 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  26. 2026-02-24 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-349 REENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 302
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION
TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 26:911(A)(7), relative to vapor products; to prohibit certain acts relative to the
3 sale of vapor products within three hundred feet of schools; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 26:911(A)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §911. Acts prohibited
8 A. No person, agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant of any
9 person shall permit any of the following acts to be done on or about any premises
10 which sells or offers for sale tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor
11 products:
12 * * *
13 (7)(a) When prohibited by municipal or parish ordinance, the sale, offer for
14 sale, storing, or maintaining of stock of vapor products on any licensed premises
15 situated within three hundred feet or less of a school as defined by R.S.
16 17:405(A)(2).
17 (b) In municipalities and in unincorporated areas which are divided into
18 subdivisions with streets, blocks, and sidewalks, subject to the adoption of the
19 alternate method of measurement as provided for in Subparagraph (c) of this
20 Paragraph, the distance of three hundred feet shall be measured as a person walks
21 using the sidewalk from the nearest point of the property line of the school to the
22 nearest point of the licensed premises. The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply
23 to any licensed premises upon the adoption of the municipal or parish ordinance.
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HLS 26RS-349 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 302
1 (c) A municipality or parish may adopt an ordinance establishing an alternate
2 method of measurement of the three hundred foot limitation by measuring in a
3 straight line from the nearest point of the property line of the school to the nearest
4 point of the licensed premises. Such alternate method of measurement applies only
5 prospectively to any new permit issued on or after the date the ordinance establishing
6 the alternate measurement has been adopted.
7 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 302 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Chassion
Abstract: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near a school.
Present law defines "vapor product" as any non-combustible product containing nicotine or
other substances that employ a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other
electronic, chemical or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to
produce vapor from nicotine in a solution or other form.
Present law further provides that "vapor product" includes any electronic cigarette, electronic
cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device and any vapor
cartridge or other container of nicotine in a solution or other form that is intended to be used
with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or
similar product or device.
Present law provides relative to retail dealer permits and the renewal of retail dealer permits
for the sale of vapor products.
Proposed law retains present law and prohibits the sale, offer for sale, storage, or
maintenance of stock of vapor products on a premises situated within 300 feet of a school
when prohibited by a municipal or parish ordinance.
Proposed law provides that in municipalities and unincorporated areas divided into
subdivisions, the measurement of 300 feet is to be measured as a person walks using the
sidewalk from the nearest point of the property line of the school to the nearest point of the
premises to be licensed.
Proposed law authorizes the municipality or parish to establish an alternate method of
measurement of the 300 foot limitation by measuring in a straight line from the nearest point
of the property line of the school to the nearest point of the premises to be licensed.
Proposed law provides that the alternative method of measurement applies only
prospectively to a new permit issued on or after the date the alternative method of
measurement has been adopted.
(Adds R.S. 26:911(A)(7))
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HLS 26RS-349 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 302
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Prohibit the holder of a tobacco permit from selling, offering for sale, storing, or
maintaining stock of a vapor product if a municipality or parish ordinance forbids
the sale within 300 feet of a school.
2. Provide for an alternative measurement of the 300 ft. limitation if authorized by
a municipal or parish ordinance.
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