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Utah Senate narrows flavored vape sales to specialty shops, approves new proximity and enforcement rules
Summary
After extended floor debate and amendments, the Senate passed the 6th substitute to House Bill 23, moving most flavored vaping products into specialty shops, strengthening ID and penalty provisions, and setting new proximity and grandfathering rules; the bill passed 22–6.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate on March 11 approved substantial new restrictions on flavored electronic cigarette products and specialty vape retailers, voting 22–6 to pass the 6th substitute of House Bill 23 after hours of floor debate and multiple amendments.
Senator Philip Cullimore, sponsor of the 6th substitute, said the measure seeks to close a “shadow market” of shops that use general retail tobacco licenses to operate as specialty vape stores and creates a regulatory regime that assigns specialty shops to local health department enforcement, requires ID verification and escalating penalties, and moves flavored products out of general retail outlets. “There is a lot of good stuff in this bill that addresses that so that we don't have to deal with this kind of shadow market,” Cullimore said.
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