This bill amends provisions related to tobacco and electronic cigarette products. This bill: - repeals the ban on flavored electronic cigarette products; - prohibits the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products if they do not meet certain tracking requirements; - modifies the nicotine content limit for electronic cigarette products; - amends provisions related to electronic cigarette product enforcement; - excludes flavored electronic cigarette products from the requirement that electronic cigarette products obtain premarket authorization from the federal Food and Drug Administration; - creates a temporary registry for flavored electronic cigarette products; - modifies the electronic cigarette product registry; - creates a flavored electronic cigarette product registry; - creates requirements for what type of flavored electronic cigarette products may be sold in the state; - requires the Department of Public Safety to create systems to improve enforcement of tobacco and electronic cigarette laws; - creates penalties for general retail tobacco businesses that sell flavored electronic cigarette products; - raises permit fees for general tobacco retailers; - for retail tobacco specialty businesses:raises permit fees;creates identification scanning requirements; andcreates surveillance footage requirements; - creates a tobacco handling permit for retail tobacco specialty business employees and operators; - creates a tax on flavored electronic cigarette products; - amends criminal penalties regarding the illegal sale of tobacco and electronic cigarette products; - creates a criminal penalty for the use of certain flavored electronic cigarettes; - prohibits retail tobacco specialty businesses from selling a product containing nicotine to a restricted nicotine individual; - requires the court to designate an individual as a nicotine restricted individual if the individual is convicted of providing certain products containing nicotine to a minor; and - 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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10-8-41.6, 17-50-333, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-509, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-518, 26B-7-521, 59-14-102, 59-14-807, 76-10-101, 76-10-104, 76-10-104.1, 76-10-105.1, 76-10-111, 76-10-112, 76-10-113, 76-10-114
Substitute #1: 10-8-41.6, 17-50-333, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-509, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-518, 26B-7-521, 59-14-102, 59-14-807, 76-10-101, 76-10-104, 76-10-104.1, 76-10-105.1, 76-10-111, 76-10-112, 76-10-113, 76-10-114
Substitute #2: 10-8-41.6, 17-50-333, 26A-1-131, 59-14-810, 63I-1-210, 63I-1-217, 63I-1-226, 63I-1-259, 63I-1-276
Substitute #3: 10-8-41.6, 17-50-333, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-509, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-518, 26B-7-521, 53-1-106, 59-14-102, 59-14-810, 63I-2-226, 63I-2-259, 59-10-1112, 76-10-101, 76-10-104, 76-10-104.1, 76-10-105.1, 76-10-111, 76-10-112, 76-10-113, 76-10-114
Substitute #4: 10-8-41.6, 17-50-333, 26B-7-501, 26B-7-505, 26B-7-509, 26B-7-511, 26B-7-518, 26B-7-521, 53-1-106, 59-14-102, 59-14-810, 63I-2-226, 63I-2-259, 59-10-1112, 76-10-101, 76-10-104, 76-10-104.1, 76-10-105.1, 76-10-111, 76-10-112, 76-10-113, 76-10-114