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Cigar-bar endorsement clears committee despite health concerns; amendment defining 'premium cigar' fails
Summary
Senate Bill 150 to create a cigar-bar endorsement passed out of the Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee 6–5 after debate over worker exposure and definitions of 'premium cigars'; a proposed amendment that would have modified humidor size and other definitions failed 4–7.
Senate Bill 150, which would create a cigar‑bar alcoholic-beverage endorsement, drew heated debate in the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee over indoor-air quality and employee safety before passing on a narrow 6–5 roll-call vote.
Committee discussion focused on the bill’s definitions and operational details. Staff and the sponsor described an amendment that would define the endorsement to apply only to ‘‘premium cigars’’ (products "wrapped in whole leaf…
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