2021 Senate Bill 574

Increase rigor of nicotine product age enforcement

Introduced in the Senate

June 24, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Lana Theis (R-22)

To authorize local police to execute “unannounced compliance checks” of tobacco and smoking accessory stores to see if they are selling a “tobacco product, vapor product, or alternative nicotine product” to minors, including the nicotine vape products that Senate Bill 572 would tax and regulate. The bill would also require sellers to “card” buyers to confirm they are 21 or over, and more.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform