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SB 45                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 45 "An Act raising the minimum age to purchase,                                                                 
sell, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an                                                        
electronic smoking product; relating to transporting tobacco, a product                                                         
containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the                                                          
taxation of electronic smoking products; and providing for an effective                                                         
date" was read the second time.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bishop, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                                              
adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page 2324.                                                              
Senator Begich objected, then withdrew his objection. There being no                                                            
further objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN) "An Act                                                                       
raising the minimum age to purchase, sell, exchange, or possess                                                                 
tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking                                                                
product; relating to selling a tobacco product; relating to possession of                                                       
tobacco, electronic smoking products, or products containing nicotine                                                           
by a person under 21 years of age; relating to the definition of                                                                
'nicotine'; relating to transporting tobacco, a product containing                                                              
nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the taxation of                                                         
electronic smoking products; relating to electronic smoking products;                                                           
relating to the marketing of electronic smoking products; relating to                                                           
tobacco products; and providing for an effective date" was adopted.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Holland offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "45"                                                                                                            
     Insert "25"                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Holland moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                                                                      
Objection was heard.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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CSSB 45(FIN)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  6   NAYS:  12   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Costello, Holland, Hughes, Revak, Shower, Wilson                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Begich, Bishop, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Kawasaki, Kiehl,                                                                  
Micciche, Olson, Reinbold, Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Myers, Wielechowski                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 1 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
President Micciche stated CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN) will                                                                   
advance to third reading on the April 20 calendar.