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Committee backs SB 100 to require tobacco, nicotine and vapor retail licensure, compliance checks and penalties
Summary
Senate Bill 100, which would establish statewide tobacco, nicotine and vapor product retail licensure and enforcement, advanced from the Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations on Feb. 18.
Senate Bill 100, which would establish statewide tobacco, nicotine and vapor product retail licensure and enforcement, advanced from the Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations on Feb. 18 after proponent testimony and committee discussion.
Sponsor Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R‑14, described the measure as a supply‑side response to youth nicotine use and said it would establish a Division of Tobacco, Nicotine and Vapor Products within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). “This bill has teeth,” Higdon told the committee, outlining a $250 annual license fee, a $50 application fee, criminal penalties for operating without a license and escalating fines and…
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