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Committee debates regulation and penalties for nicotine products; tax removed from amendment
Summary
House Bill 2528A would expand regulation of nicotine-containing products; the committee considered an A3 amendment that removes taxation and switches criminal penalties to civil enforcement, and members asked OHA for clarifications on scope, penalties and rulemaking authority.
House Bill 2528A, which would add nicotine derived from any source to the definition of regulated tobacco products, was the subject of a work-session discussion May 29 in the House Committee on Revenue. The committee considered an A3 amendment that removes the bill’s taxation provisions and focuses the bill on regulation and civil enforcement.
The A3 amendment adds "nicotine derived from any source" to the definition of tobacco products for regulation, removes the taxation section of the introduced bill, replaces criminal prohibitions on sales with civil enforcement administered by the…
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