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House rejects substitute to expand state regulation of flavored vaping products
Summary
A substitute to HB 432 that would have created a state registry, new licensing fees and other measures aimed at reducing youth access to flavored vaping products failed on a 22–47 vote after an extended floor debate.
Representative McPherson presented a broad substitute to HB 432 that would have created a Utah product registry for flavored vaping devices, raised licensing fees for retailers, required product tracking and imposed enhanced enforcement tools aimed at limiting youth access.
“This bill only has one goal. One goal. And that goal is to prevent youth access to flavored vaping products in the state of Utah,” Representative McPherson told the chamber during the presentation.
McPherson described multiple regulatory elements in the substitute as proposed: a state-managed registry of…
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