State Laws & MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
STATE LAWS
Banning the Sale of Unsafe Lighters
Connecticut
Connecticut Law Banning the Sale of Unsafe Lighters
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Legislature: 2023 Wisconsin Act 271
Tennessee
HB0343.pdf
Virginia
VA HB2642 | 2025 | Regular Session | LegiScan
California
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793
Restrictions on Sale of Lighters to Minors
Pennsylvania Statute Title 18, Section 6315 (Selling or furnishing butane to minors)
Banning the Sale of Novelty Lighters
Arkansas
ACA § 5-60-102. Prohibition on sales and distribution of novelty lighters
Connecticut
Senate Bill 185 (effective October 1, 2022)
Hawaii
HRS § 132-17 (2020)
Illinois
815 ILCS 406/15 (Formerly cited as 720 ILCS 668/15)
Louisiana
LSA-R.S. 40:1601
Maine
25 M.R.S.A. § 2467
Massachusetts
M.G.L.A. 148 § 60
Mississippi
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-3
Nebraska
Neb. Rev.St. § 28-1357
Nevada
N.R.S. 597.980
New Jersey
N.J.S.A. 2A:65C-1
New York
McKinney’s General Business Law § 391-s
North Carolina
N.C.G.S.A. § 66-16.1 (must scroll down page to relevant section)
Oregon
O.R.S. § 476.841
Tennessee
T.C.A. § 47-18-129
Virginia
VA Code Ann. § 18.2-371.4
Washington
RCWA 70.255.020
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCEs
Cuyahoga County, Ohio Lighter Ordinance
Ordinance — Gun-Shaped Lighters (amends Chapter 1301)
Dayton, Ohio Lighter Ordinance
Sep 30, 2026 Ordinance: Dayton, OH | Ohio | NoticeRegistry
Vancouver, BC, Canada Lighter Ordinance
A By-law to amend the Licence By-law No. 4450 regarding gun-shaped lighters