A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to classification of a liquid substance used to fill an

electronic cigarette as a hazardous substance.

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

SECTION 1. Section 501.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) A hazardous substance is:

(1) a substance or mixture of substances that is

toxic, corrosive, extremely flammable, flammable, combustible, an

irritant, or a strong sensitizer, or that generates pressure

through decomposition, heat, or other means, if the substance or

mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or

substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any

customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including

reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children;

(2) a toy or other article, other than clothing, that

is intended for use by a child and that presents an electrical,

mechanical, or thermal hazard; [ or ]

(3) a radioactive substance designated as a hazardous

substance under Section 501.003 ; or

(4) a liquid substance used to fill or refill a device

that simulates smoking by using a mechanical heating element,

battery, or electronic circuit to deliver vapor that may include

nicotine to an individual inhaling from the device .