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Committee postpones vaping product registry bill after lengthy testimony from industry representatives
Summary
After extended testimony from vape industry representatives, the House Government Operations Committee postponed action on House Bill 968, which would create a state registry for vapor products and included a newly adopted universal carding amendment.
House Bill 968, presented by Representative Hogg, drew extended public testimony and was rolled for further consideration after committee members heard from vape industry representatives and asked questions about enforcement, product authorization, and public-health impacts.
Representative Hogg said the bill responds to concerns that unregulated vape products are reaching juveniles and would "create a registry and ensure that products sold in the stores are only those products on the path to be acceptable to the US FDA." He said amendment draft code 003732 would add a universal carding requirement akin to carding for alcohol and tobacco.
The committee adopted Amendment 003732 by voice vote; the chair recorded "Ayes have it. Amendment is on the bill." (no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.)
Testimony from industry representatives followed after the…
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