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House committee debates S.198: split tobacco licenses, higher fees and whether to remove youth possession penalties
Summary
Lawmakers debated S.198, which moves tobacco/substitute rules into Title 7, proposes new retail and endorsement fees, transfers wholesaler licensing to the Division of Liquor and Lottery, raises civil penalties for unlicensed sales and reopened debate over possession/purchase prohibitions for people under 21.
The House committee spent a substantial portion of its April 22 meeting marking up S.198, a bill that would modernize state regulation of tobacco products and "tobacco substitutes," shift wholesaler licensing from the Department of Taxes to the Division of Liquor and Lottery (DLL), and change licensing fees and enforcement tools.
Jen Kirby of the legislative counsel’s office walked members through definition changes intended to capture new product types and consumption methods. The draft would carry existing tax‑chapter language into Title 7 to align regulatory responsibility with DLL and update retailer and wholesaler definitions.
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