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Public hearing held on bill to require producer responsibility and refund value for disposable vapes
Summary
Senate Bill 1020 would require producers of inhalant delivery systems to indicate a specified refund value and participate in a producer responsibility organization; supporters cited environmental and school safety harms from disposable vape waste while some public health groups urged sequencing with flavored tobacco restrictions.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Business held a public hearing on Senate Bill 1020 on March 25. The bill would require a producer to indicate a specified refund value on an inhalant delivery system, its label, or packaging and to participate in an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility organization. Retailers would be required to collect the specified refund value at point of sale and submit it to the producer responsibility organization. The measure's effective date was described as the 91st day following adjournment sine die; a -1…
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