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Sponsor representatives from Philip Morris International and outside consultants told the committee the policy would price heated tobacco products lower than combustible cigarettes to create an incentive for adult smokers to switch to a noncombustion alternative.

\"This provides the user with a nicotine experience similar to smoking, but without toxic smoke,\" said Dr. Brian Urkola, a scientific adviser for Philip Morris International, summarizing the company's experimental and clinical data about emissions reductions and biomarker changes among smokers who switch to heat-not-burn products.

Company representatives noted the FDA has issued a limited modified-risk authorization for one product (a reduced-exposure order) and argued that, paired with post-market surveillance showing low youth uptake, a lower tax could accelerate switching among current smokers and reduce secondhand-smoke exposure in venues such as gaming facilities.

Public-health scientists and state health officials testified in opposition or concern. Jennifer Pearson of the University of Nevada, Reno said independent research has not definitively confirmed long-term health benefits or population-level reductions in harm and noted the FDA granted an exposure-reduction authorization rather than a full reduced-harm order. \"This product received the reduced exposure marketing allowance but not the reduced harm marketing allowance,\" she said, urging caution about premature tax breaks.

Altria (a rival tobacco company) and trade and public-interest groups also opposed the bill on administrative and equity grounds. Serena Kasama of Altria said the measure would give a 50% tax reduction to a single company's product sold currently only in a Texas test market and urged a broader, technology-neutral tax modernization instead. Revenue analysts and public-health officials warned potential revenue loss to the state is uncertain; one analysis presented by an industry opponent estimated a possible multi-million-dollar reduction if heated products captured market share and were taxed at a lower per-pack rate.

Supporters framed the measure as harm-reduction and an incentive to reduce combustible-cigarette smoking. Opponents urged caution, highlighted the potential fiscal impact and administrative complexities (including stamp sizes and master settlement agreement considerations), and requested more independent longitudinal evidence that the products reduce disease at the population level. No committee vote was recorded; the sponsor and stakeholders signaled additional negotiations on definitions and earmarking of any revenue adjustments.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","4/1/2025 - Assembly Committee on Revenue","oneSentenceSummary","AB 536 would allow a lower excise-tax rate for heat-not-burn tobacco products authorized by the FDA as reduced-exposure and meeting a low youth-use post-market threshold, the sponsor said.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NV, Nevada","taxId",78440,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6617021,"Assembly bill would phase out legal cigarette sales for future birth cohorts, sponsor says",2935,1779000,4714000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03&start=1779&end=4714","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03/thumbnail_1779000.jpg","/articles/6617021/Nevada/Assembly-bill-would-phase-out-legal-cigarette-sales-for-future-birth-cohorts-sponsor-says","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6617021-0d76b34436398f34f5793ea652e9a69e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770769360&Signature=KSmABNEBPL1eJEQl2wmlvMm~fx0Uo8TTY38z580sb9U0yTvuDu7p2VQSTfAaZoRxHZIeTM05Uizi1erh3xOsFagsaZovuDjuxF4Lv3IxWVfFmbvwPOlpfHrFaoZEFoaI08pDlOAAdzEP8ZilYvqjn-vB9vY4W-zWbqNi0ToiB7AesK6~EJOWTp3hhUBh1bgEgQxnCvof-dEd5D6unzWUh4SWjhZaK6SZ~0z1eDs8vjW-h~dsEb5nvujcWzvkZiSUdZtKuopqrg5hisFs3QnbL4gmPBawrKJHf-4u6dTwZ8EG6bVYsmSnVPtzgmK9E29XQU1pUjXa~Y3MXaDgPjgTlw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","CARSON CITY — Assemblymember David Ornatlicker presented Assembly Bill 279 to the Assembly Committee on Revenue with the stated intent of preventing new generations from becoming addicted to combustible cigarettes.

\"People are addicted now. We try to address their addiction, but this bill is designed to prevent young Nevadans from ever taking up and becoming addicted to cigarettes,\" Ornatlicker said. Under the bill, the legal age to purchase combustible cigarettes would increase by one year each year: 21 now, 22 next year and so on, which the sponsor described as a birth-date–based phaseout.

Public-health experts who joined the sponsor cited high mortality from combustible cigarettes and said the bill focuses specifically on the most harmful nicotine delivery product. Jennifer Pearson, associate professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health, said, \"AB279 intentionally focuses on cigarettes. By far the most harmful nicotine product.\" Chris Bostick of Action on Smoking and Health described the approach as part of a broader \"tobacco endgame\" strategy being considered in other U.S. jurisdictions.

The bill, as presented, limits the generational prohibition to combustible cigarettes and would not apply to e-cigarettes, cigars, smokeless products or heated tobacco products. The sponsor said the exemption is intended to preserve less harmful alternatives for adults already addicted to nicotine.

Committee members raised enforcement and border issues. Vice Chair Considine asked whether the change would drive young purchasers to casinos or out-of-state purchases. The sponsor and public-health witnesses said some people determined to get cigarettes could travel to a casino or out of state, but the measure would raise the effort and barriers that deter initiation; the sponsor noted the bill preserves a 21-year limit for sales on casino properties that hold nonrestricted gaming licenses.

Retailers and small-business owners testified in opposition, describing possible revenue losses and equity concerns. Ubaid Mobales, owner of a country store and smoke shop in Carson City, said the bill would \"harm local businesses and fairly discriminate against adults\" and warned of a potential shift of sales to unregulated or out-of-state markets. Several convenience-store owners echoed concerns about economic impacts on small businesses and predicted increased cross-border purchases.

Public-health legal counsel Megan Bolter said her organization supported the concept of a generational restriction but raised concerns that the bill as drafted omits e-cigarettes and vapor products — the most-used nicotine devices among youth — and highlighted an earlier draft's registry provisions that were deleted. Bolter also cautioned against proposals that would penalize possession or use by 18–20-year-olds, saying such approaches historically have not deterred use and disproportionately burden young people with addiction.

No committee vote was recorded during the hearing. The sponsor said he had removed registry sections and would continue to work with stakeholders on scope and enforcement language.

The testimony reflected a split between public-health advocates, who urged adoption to prevent initiation of the deadliest nicotine product, and retailers and small-business owners, who warned of economic harms and potential illicit-market consequences.","Assemblymember David Ornatlicker presented AB 279, a \"tobacco-free generation\" measure that would raise the legal age to buy combustible cigarettes by one year each year, effectively preventing persons born after Dec. 31, 2004 from ever legally buying cigarettes in Nevada.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6617025,"Nevada bill would clarify property-tax status for farms adding solar panels",416,176000,592000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03&start=176&end=592","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03/thumbnail_176000.jpg","/articles/6617025/Nevada/Nevada-bill-would-clarify-property-tax-status-for-farms-adding-solar-panels","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6617025-2ff5cc0e75265ba78ec2d42853665f4c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770769360&Signature=dEU50x~aSH9chgg1a68uWJNbU4gia-R5oX5JGOdT5ebWEXYpWBJqx8ZOLlufcCCXh1JCrNnPT6k1sXmCAsTq~HYPA67cZMwzhgFK5Exwpt83DTbVxK300E4gxKwCmU5vPkuD4L5FE-4SRwE1BjHtYNquRoGcdNwE7B9phSqccbpgUiMRQ3aPjNdOC8NC1qhUcgNklEU2H8Q4U3UrCSh9-MkGRf--ynb-NqTutmQsG533Nj5VE4Ra5sb9BqZEB~ySM6g6QkFaFxq-p2oRcBrMVzfdIZ0W1DCizdQqfovK~-8sIDg-i-7ccf-NIY7VdcxycyleU1on3H23Jc0bbok4Iw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","CARSON CITY — Assemblymember Howard Watts on Tuesday told the Assembly Committee on Revenue that Assembly Bill 479 would clarify Nevada law so agricultural parcels that colocate solar photovoltaic panels and continue agricultural production can retain their deferred property-tax status.

\"What AB 479 is seeking to do, is clarify that if you added solar panels onto agricultural land and maintain that agricultural use or production, that the deferred property tax status on that land would continue to exist,\" Assemblymember Howard Watts said in opening the bill.

The bill defines \"agrivoltaic purposes\" and adds that term to the statute governing current employment of real property for agricultural-use deferred-tax treatment. Watts said a conceptual amendment on file tightens the definition so panels must be sited, spaced and designed to enable integrated agricultural activities rather than simply placing a typical utility solar layout on farmland.

Supporters told the committee agrivoltaics can reduce pressure to site utility-scale solar on undeveloped land, provide alternative revenue for farmers and help conserve scarce water. Olivia Tanager, testifying in support, said agrivoltaics \"helps farmers, the backbone of our ag industry in the state,\" and could reduce water use and pressure on public lands. Carrie Rohrmeyer of The Nature Conservancy said agrivoltaics can preserve communities as irrigated agriculture changes and cited a feasibility study in Diamond Valley where some lands could incorporate agrivoltaics with little to no irrigation.

Eureka County's natural-resources manager, Jake Tibbets, said his county has thousands of leased private farm acres and supports the bill as a tool to preserve agricultural activity while accommodating renewable development.

Watts told the committee the conceptual amendment would also require that land qualifying for the benefit be agricultural land receiving the deferred status as of July 1 of the year the law takes effect, to prevent nonagricultural parcels from being converted to evade taxes. He added a proposed second section would require assessors to include the value of solar production when determining assessed value so the state could see revenue increases even if the deferred status remains in place.

Committee members pressed Watts about edge cases such as fallow fields and crop rotation. \"Would that still qualify if they've been farming it, say, within the last 3 to 5 years?\" asked Assemblymember Haven, who said some farmers leave fields fallow for a season. Watts replied that the sponsor's intent is to preserve existing agricultural land that already enjoys deferred status; if a parcel currently has the agricultural deferred tax treatment despite being temporarily fallow, it would qualify under the amendment.

Watts said the bill mirrors an existing restriction in Nevada law that prevents stacking the state renewable-energy tax abatement (NRS 701A) with other deferred tax statuses. He also noted Colorado and other Western states have pilot projects and policy frameworks on agrivoltaics; Colorado in particular has provided appropriations and tax incentives tied to demonstration projects.

No formal action or vote was recorded during the hearing. Supporters asked the committee to adopt the conceptual amendment on file to guard against gaming the benefit and to ensure integrated agricultural design and assessment of added solar value. The committee gave members an opportunity for questions and then moved to the next agenda item.

The bill drew majority support from agricultural and conservation groups in testimony; local-government staff and county officials said the amendment improves safeguards for the tax base.","Assemblymember Howard Watts told the Assembly Committee on Revenue that AB 479 would clarify that agricultural land adding solar panels while retaining agricultural production can keep its deferred property-tax status.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6617012,"Bill to create licensing path for online cigar and pipe-tobacco sellers clears committee hearing",775,8785000,9560000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03&start=8785&end=9560","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2844037-665298bd47e6a0a47ebb5f2561a43a03/thumbnail_8785000.jpg","/articles/6617012/Nevada/Bill-to-create-licensing-path-for-online-cigar-and-pipe-tobacco-sellers-clears-committee-hearing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6617012-6a95e2821ee10dc13852b79954ce4f58/orig.mp4?Expires=1770769360&Signature=GyG6tqhi4W7XEulWcrEb4NtarhINxFf0yH8C-v9ith5UcVgrBaR8mMFs0npvip886nQj-1v3c2Q001omyiDS~ZhROyDxd91kZZVPxTXLqBighfyFMWN1ul05ASABDXHnKu3WRV70kZoQsNFOM~JgwwOajau0OwiWdePJZoYsROXOQlppDk-x~7xMzRPgVqp~Xi4AqUqS3~p-Gv8riMwA6W9~lm3mWC~kG~HNt~HqXHWQvdeDOy3UKHrKdChVKbnfxYZ97JXSM48usmFFwJ8NSgw9dADXxTS1e5mt3ovhDHlktyB8-sC20HGmxUKBmLLGiYDE2Pf6gkl3CWPlWwOJTg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","CARSON CITY — Assemblymember Brian Hibbets and outside counsel for premium-cigar industry groups outlined Assembly Bill 471 to the Assembly Committee on Revenue, a measure that adds a licensing and tax-compliance pathway for remote online sellers of cigars and pipe tobacco.

Hibbets said the bill addresses a technical gap that emerged after Wayfair-era sales-tax changes and differing state excise-tax regimes. \"What this bill does is reclassify them as retailers, a remote retail seller and gives them a pathway to pay the tax that they should have been paying this entire time,\" Hibbets said, adding that the change was requested by online sellers themselves.

The draft creates a distinct remote-retail-seller license, ties compliance to economic thresholds used for sales-tax nexus, requires registration for sales tax when thresholds are met and mandates age-verification and audit authorities for the Department of Taxation. The sponsor said the proposed effective date is Jan. 1, 2026, to align with the annual retail licensing cycle.

Beth Oliva, outside counsel representing the Cigar Association of America and the Premium Cigar Coalition, told the committee the legislation follows a model uniform approach adopted by the Federation of Tax Administrators and has been enacted in several states. She said the bill keeps Nevada's current excise tax rate in place but uses an \"actual acquisition cost\" audit basis for online transactions — a practical approach, she said, for artisanal cigar pricing that fluctuates seasonally and by lot.

Supporters argued the measure brings parity between in-state brick-and-mortar retailers and remote sellers, reduces incentives for cross-border buying and creates a predictable compliance regime. Tom Clark of the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce testified in support.

No opposition or neutral testimony was offered at the hearing and no vote was recorded; the sponsor said technical amendments agreed with the Department of Taxation would be included, and the committee closed the item for the evening.

The proposed changes focus narrowly on premium cigars and pipe tobacco and do not alter federal restrictions that govern Internet sales of cigarettes and vaping products under the PACT Act.","Assembly Bill 471 would create a \"remote retail seller\" license so online retailers of premium cigars and pipe tobacco can remit Nevada excise tax and comply with age-verification and economic thresholds; sponsor and industry representatives said the change brings parity between brick-and-mortar and remote sellers and resolves technical","actionData","errors"]

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