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Utah House rejects substitute bill that removed e‑cigarette tax and adjusted enforcement
Summary
After extensive debate over definitions and enforcement, the House rejected the second substitute to HB372 (cigarette, tobacco and nicotine amendments). The sponsor removed a proposed e‑cigarette tax and added enforcement powers for local health departments; members split over legal definitions and tax consequences.
The Utah House on March 11 debated and rejected a second substitute to House Bill 372, legislation addressing cigarette, tobacco and nicotine products that the sponsor said would remove a proposed tax on electronic cigarettes while preserving local enforcement against sales to minors.
Representative Ray, the bill sponsor, said the substitute ‘‘simply cuts the e‑cigarettes out of the tax code’’ and that remaining provisions would give local health departments authority to enforce sales‑to‑minors rules and to regulate new nicotine delivery…
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