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Senate approves bill expanding school authority over vaping devices, adds prevention measures
Summary
The Utah Senate passed House Bill 58, which requires local education agencies to adopt policies to seize and destroy electronic cigarette devices and adds prevention and curriculum requirements; sponsors and opponents debated law‑enforcement involvement and risks of criminalizing students.
The Utah Senate on the floor approved House Bill 58 on final passage, a measure that requires local education agencies to adopt policies to seize and destroy electronic cigarette devices found on campus and expands prevention and education programs to address youth vaping.
Senator Evan V. Fillmore, the Senate floor sponsor, said the bill “works … to tackle this problem at the front end rather than just dealing with the effects of it on the back end,” adding it requires school boards to create policies, allows schools to seize devices and integrates vaping…
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