SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2085 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATHLEY.

4086H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT To repeal section 407.932, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to tobacco products.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 407.932, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 407.932, to read as follows: 407.932. [Nothing in sections 407.925 to 407.932 shall prohibit local political 2 subdivisions from enacting more stringent ordinances or rules. ] 1. The state preempts the 3 field of regulating the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor 4 products including, but not limited to, local ordinances dealing with ingredients, setting 5 the age to sell or purchase over twenty-one years of age, licensing bans, and product 6 bans, and the provisions of sections 407.924 to 407.934 shall supersede any local laws, 7 ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other 8 political subdivision to regulate the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine 9 products, or vapor products. 10 2. This section shall not prohibit counties, municipalities, or other political 11 subdivisions from enforcing ordinances or regulations that set the age to sell or purchase 12 tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products to individuals 13 under twenty-one years of age. ✔

EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (4086H.01): 407.932