HCS CSSB 89(L&C) am H Summary

• Raises minimum age to purchase, possess, or exchange tobacco, electronic smoking products, and nicotine-containing products from 19 to 21 years old, with employment exception for 19-20 year old tobacco retailers.

• Establishes licensing requirement for retail electronic smoking product sellers ($50 annual fee) and restricts marketing of e-cigarettes likely to appeal to minors under 21; prohibits e-cigarettes with nicotine content exceeding 60 milligrams per milliliter.

• Reduces marijuana excise tax on cultivation-to-retail transfers from $50 to $12.50 per ounce and implements 7% retail sales tax on marijuana sold to consumers; changes marijuana establishment registrations from annual to biennial and updates background check requirements from five-year to six-year intervals.

• Expands tobacco use education and cessation fund structure as separate state fund rather than special account and adds shipping/transporting restrictions for tobacco products and electronic smoking products with penalties of up to $5,000 civil penalties and class A misdemeanor criminal charges.

• Takes effect January 1, 2025, with marijuana tax and registration provisions effective July 1, 2024.