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Sponsor withdraws campus vaping fines bill after questions on criminal classification and enforcement
Summary
Representative Pilkington introduced House Bill 11‑92 to ban possession and use of tobacco and e‑cigarettes on school property and to fine parents. Committee members questioned fine amounts, legal classification and where collected fines would go; the sponsor withdrew the bill to refine the language.
Representative Pilkington (District 45) brought House Bill 11‑92 to the committee seeking to prohibit possession and use of tobacco and e‑cigarette products on school grounds and to impose escalating fines on parents of students who violate the rule.
Pilkington said the proposal responds to repeated complaints from school administrators and described the bill’s core elements: banning possession as well as use on school property and authorizing fines that increase on repeated offenses. He read a written statement from his district superintendent that urged “stronger penalties for possession and distribution on school grounds, including fines and legal accountability for…
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