Pennsylvania tobacco and nicotine laws

What Pennsylvania has enacted on tobacco and nicotine, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Pennsylvania is one of 37 states that enacted a tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
7bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
13 October 2026most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Pennsylvania

2 tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in the Pennsylvania Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • SB 146An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.Took effect 10 September 2026

    What it does: Establishes a Grant Evaluation Committee within the department to review and evaluate applications for grants under the Veterans' Trust Fund, consisting of five members appointed by the Adjutant General and four veterans appointed by legislative leaders.

    Licensing

  • HB 1425An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer; providing for tobacco products; and making repeals.Took effect 20 February 2026

    What it requires: Manufacturers of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine must certify annually to the Attorney General that products comply with FDA requirements and submit surety bonds of at least $50,000. Retailers and wholesalers must purchase only from licensed wholesalers and post surety bonds of $2,500 and $25,000 respectively. All sellers must ensure products are listed in the Attorney General's directory.

    Licensing, Excise taxes and stamps

Tobacco and nicotine in Pennsylvania, by topic

Tobacco and nicotine bills in Pennsylvania

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

2Enacted

1Past committee

4Introduced or inactive

7 bills in scope

Past committee

1

HB 1434An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, further providing for the offense of sale of tobacco products; and imposing penalties.Passed chamber

What it would do: Amends Pennsylvania law to impose specific penalties for retailers who sell electronic nicotine delivery systems to minors: $5,000 fine for first or second offense, and $5,000 fine plus permanent cigarette license revocation for third offense.

Introduced or inactive

4

HB 2295An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions, for licensing of retailers and for transfer of licenses.In committee

What it would do: Amends Pennsylvania's Fiscal Code to define recreational place and youth center, and requires cigarette retailers applying for or renewing licenses on or after January 1, 2027 to locate premises at least five hundred feet from schools, day-care centers, youth centers, recreational places, and other licensees. Permits license transfers if meeting these location requirements.

HB 2291An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tobacco products tax, further providing for licensing of retailers.In committee

What it would do: Amends the Tax Reform Code of 1971 to add a requirement that tobacco product retail license applicants and renewals on or after January 1, 2027 must have premises located at least 1,000 feet from the property line of any public, private, or parochial school.

SB 773An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer.In committee

What it would do: Amends the definition of 'cost of the retailer' for cigarette sales to increase the presumed cost of doing business from seven percent to nine percent (July 1, 2026), ten percent (January 1, 2027), eleven percent (January 1, 2028), and twelve percent (January 1, 2029 onward).

SB 263An Act amending the act of June 13, 2008 (P.L.182, No.27), known as the Clean Indoor Air Act, further providing for definitions and for prohibition.In committee

What it would do: Amends the Clean Indoor Air Act to include electronic cigarettes in the definition of smoking and modifies gaming floor smoking restrictions to allow licensed facilities to increase designated smoking areas up to 50% based on comparative slot machine revenue performance.

Bill titles link to the Pennsylvania Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation

In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.

Questions

Does Pennsylvania have a tobacco and nicotine law?

Yes. Pennsylvania enacted 2 tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 146 and HB 1425. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Pennsylvania's tobacco and nicotine laws take effect?

SB 146 on 10 September 2026 and HB 1425 on 20 February 2026.

Which tobacco and nicotine bills are moving in Pennsylvania?

1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 1434 (passed chamber).

What does Pennsylvania legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?

Licensing (5 bills), Excise taxes and stamps (1 bill) and Minimum age and youth access (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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