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Committee adopts expanded product-registry rules for non-nicotine vapes, including cannabinoid cartridges
Summary
Lawmakers approved a substitute and technical amendment to HB 265 to expand Utah’s product registry and enforcement to non-nicotine inhalation products, tighten penalties for unregistered sellers and bar cannabinoid vapes outside the medical cannabis framework.
The committee on Feb. 3 adopted substitute language and a technical amendment to HB 265 and then favorably recommended the first substitute to the House floor. Testimony framed the bill as a response to rapidly evolving vape products marketed as "wellness" items and an attempt to close a regulatory loophole that allows non-nicotine products to evade in-person sale and flavor restrictions.
The sponsor described prior legislative work to…
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