SB 1316: Cook’s bill barring e-cigarette ads near churches and schools

Caption

relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.

Summary

Same 1,000-foot rule tobacco signs already follow.

The bill adds e-cigarettes to the existing Texas rule that bars signs advertising cigarettes or tobacco products within 1,000 feet of a church or school. It touches e-cigarette sellers, smoke shops and sign owners near churches and schools. Starting September 1, 2025, an e-cigarette ad sign in that zone is barred, using the same distance measurement and the same older-sign exceptions that already apply to tobacco ads.

Labels

Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2118 by Rep. Shaheen (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Molly Cook (D) in the Senate. Lead sponsor Charles Cunningham (R) in the House. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1316 · 2025-02-14

SOLD BY

Sen. Molly CookDSenate 15

+ 9 coauthors

ITEM

relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.

WHAT IT DOES

Same 1,000-foot rule tobacco signs already follow.

The bill adds e-cigarettes to the existing Texas rule that bars signs advertising cigarettes or tobacco products within 1,000 feet of a church or school. It touches e-cigarette sellers, smoke shops and sign owners near churches and schools. Starting September 1, 2025, an e-cigarette ad sign in that zone is barred, using the same distance measurement and the same older-sign exceptions that already apply to tobacco ads.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 29, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 14, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Feb 14, 2025Filed
Feb 28, 2025Read first time
Feb 28, 2025Referred to State Affairs
Mar 12, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 24, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 26, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 31, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 31, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 31, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 31, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 3, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 3, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 7, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Apr 7, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Apr 7, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 8, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 9, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 9, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 10, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 10, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 10, 2025Passed
Apr 10, 2025Record vote
Apr 10, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 14, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 17, 2025Read first time
Apr 17, 2025Referred to Public Health
Apr 24, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 24, 2025Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
Apr 24, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 29, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 29, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 30, 2025Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
May 1, 2025Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
May 1, 2025Corrected comm. report distributed
May 2, 2025Corrected comm. rept. sent to Local & Consent
May 5, 2025Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
May 7, 2025Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
May 7, 2025Read 2nd time
May 7, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 7, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 7, 2025Read 3rd time
May 7, 2025Passed
May 7, 2025Record vote RV#1573
May 7, 2025Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
May 8, 2025House passage reported
May 8, 2025Reported enrolled
May 9, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 9, 2025Signed in the House
May 9, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 21, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 21, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 146 yea · 2 nay

Senate · 25 yea · 5 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 7, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Molly Cook

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15KGregory Stocks$10,000Amber Alonso$6,500

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jun 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.

Gregory Stocks$10,000.00

Amber Alonso$6,500.00

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash: $15,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jun 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.

Votes5

House May 7, 2025

Yea: 146
Nay: 2
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1573

SB 1316 (Paul and Toth - no) (146 - 2 - 2)

Shared roll motion

The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number). (Record 1573): 148 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 146 (published)
Nay: 2 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Cook moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1316 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 5
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Cook moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 1316 at this time on its second reading: SB 1316, Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 5 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses16

For: 15
Against: 1
On: 0

Names

For

American Lung Association1 registration
American vapor manufacturers. Association1 registration
City of Houston1 registration
Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Self3 registrations
Self; Texas Medical Association; Texas Pediatric Society; Texas Public Health Coalition1 registration
Self; Texas School Nurses Organization1 registration
TASB1 registration
Texans for Safe and Drug Free Youth1 registration
Texas Association of School Administrators1 registration
Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops1 registration
Texas Chapter American College of Physicians1 registration
Texas PTA1 registration

Against

Self; The Libertarian Party of Texas1 registration

Sources

16 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 29, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version H by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 2118

by Rep. Shaheen, different lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 9, 2023: Referred to Public Health

Relating to prohibiting the advertising of e-cigarettes in certain locations; imposing a fee.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Feb 14, 2025

05/21/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Carol AlvaradoDSenate 6

Paul BettencourtRSenate 7

César BlancoDSenate 29

Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

Juan "Chuy" HinojosaDSenate 20

Tan ParkerRSenate 12

Angela PaxtonRSenate 8

Charles PerryRSenate 28

Judith ZaffiriniDSenate 21

Companion

HB 2735 by Cunningham (identical)

Subjects

Business & Commerce--General

Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities

Minors--Health & Safety

Tobacco Products

ADVERTISING

Text

The text as introduced · 257 words

89R5069 MCF-F

By: Cook
S.B. No. 1316

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain

locations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter K, Chapter 161, Health

and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER K. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CIGARETTE , E-CIGARETTE, OR

TOBACCO PRODUCT ADVERTISING; FEE

SECTION 2. Section 161.121, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:

(2-a) "E-cigarette" has the meaning assigned by

Section 161.081.

SECTION 3. Sections 161.122(a), (b), and (e), Health and

Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by this section, a sign containing an

advertisement for cigarettes , e-cigarettes, or tobacco products

may not be located closer than 1,000 feet to a church or school.

(b) The measurement of the distance between the sign

containing an advertisement for cigarettes , e-cigarettes, or

tobacco products and an institution listed in Subsection (a) is

from the nearest property line of the institution to a point on a

street or highway closest to the sign, along street lines and in

direct lines across intersections.

(e) Subsection (a) does not apply to a sign containing an

advertisement for cigarettes , e-cigarettes, or tobacco products

that, before September 1, 1997, was located closer than 1,000 feet

to a church or school but that was not located closer than 500 feet

to the church or school.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

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SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

House May 7, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

Senate Apr 10, 2025

For

Against

88R HB 2118

Companion