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Bill to create juvenile vaping violation in schools fails after committee debate
Summary
Senate Bill 472 would have created a juvenile violation for vaping at school and allowed up to 20 hours of community service. The Judiciary Committee rejected the measure after members questioned enforceability and overlap with existing laws governing tobacco products.
Senate Bill 472, introduced by State Senator Josh O'Brien, proposed a new juvenile offense for minors who use vaping devices at school and authorized up to 20 hours of community service for convicted juveniles.
O'Brien said the bill was modeled on existing penalties for cigarettes and was intended to give juvenile judges a tool to address what sponsors called an "epidemic" of vaping in schools: "The circuit judge felt this would…
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