OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state lawmakers will consider a bill to raise the state’s minimum tobacco-buying age from 18 to 21, KOMO News.com reports. Currently, only California and Hawaii have the smoking age set at 21, although numerous localities scattered across the United States have raised the tobacco purchase age above 18.

Last year, a bill made it through two House committees but didn’t reach the House floor for a vote; a similar bill stalled in the Senate. Sen. Mark Miloscia, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill, is optimistic of passage this year. We have a “fresh group of legislators. The rule is it takes three years to pass a bill,” he said.

Meanwhile, Texas lawmakers are also debating a higher minimum smoking age, Fox News reports. Some legislators have been working for a decade to push the tobacco-buying age up to 21. “We have as good a chance as we’ve ever had,” said Sen. Carlos Uresti, who has been behind the legislation.

However, there will likely be pushback from other lawmakers given the potential for a significant drop in tax revenue if the minimum smoking age is raised to 21 in Texas. A December survey found that American teens were smoking and drinking less, and doing fewer drugs.