2025 bills / S.B. 186
S.B. 186 Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law (stopped here)
What this bill does
The bill changes Utah's rules on electronic cigarettes and tobacco sales, including enforcement and inspection searches, and the state registry of e-cigarette products. It adds penalties for general tobacco retailers that sell flavored e-cigarettes, raises permit fees for general tobacco retailers and retail tobacco specialty businesses, and changes criminal penalties for illegal tobacco and e-cigarette sales.
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Official description
- amends provisions related to electronic cigarette product enforcement
- amends provisions related to electronic cigarette product searches
- modifies the electronic cigarette product registry
- creates penalties for general tobacco retailers that sell flavored electronic cigarette products
- raises permit fees for general tobacco retailers
- raises permit fees for retail tobacco specialty businesses
- amends criminal penalties regarding the illegal sale of tobacco and electronic cigarette products
- includes a coordination clause with H.B. 21, Criminal Code Recodification and Cross References, to ensure the policy changes made in this bill are accurately reflected if both bills pass
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 1/30/2025 2:46 PMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 1 no, 3 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 1/30/2025 2:56 PMWho voted how
- 28 yes, 1 noFinal Senate vote · 2/4/2025 11:54 AMWho voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 3/7/2025 11:48 PMWho voted how