Key points:
1.The Kentucky House of Representatives in the United States passed a bill to regulate the licensing of retailers selling tobacco and e-cigarette products.
2.The legislation aims to crack down on the sale of tobacco products to minors and fund youth prevention programs.
3.The bill has received broad support from both parties, but still needs to be voted on and passed by the Senate.
According to a report by Kentuckylantern on March 12th, the House of Representatives in the state of Kentucky passed Senate Bill 100 with a vote of 82 to 11. The bill was previously approved by the Senate at the end of February.
The House of Representatives made some modifications to the bill, which will now require the Senate to vote again. However, the provision allowing permits proposed by Lebanon City Senator Jimmy Higdon remains intact.
According to the bill, Kentucky will issue licenses to all retailers selling tobacco and e-cigarette products, giving the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) department the authority to inspect and enforce regulations on these retailers, similar to its management of alcohol retailers. Additionally, the bill stipulates fines for retailers selling nicotine products to minors, with half of the fines going towards supporting youth prevention programs and the other half going towards enforcement expenses.
According to The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, approximately 5% of high school students in Kentucky currently smoke cigarettes, while nearly 20% of students use e-cigarettes.
On Wednesday morning, the House Committee on Permits, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations passed the bill and sent it for a full vote in the House of Representatives.
Higdon stated, "We have many excellent retailers, in fact, about 99.8% of retailers in Kentucky operate responsibly, comply with regulations, and never sell products to minors. This bill gives ABC enforcement power to weed out the bad actors.
The SB 100 bill ultimately gained bipartisan support in the House of Representatives.
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