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FL H0377

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chase Tramont

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new statutory definition for "heated tobacco product" as tobacco designed for use in an electronic device with a heat source that heats but does not burn the tobacco, producing an inhalable aerosol without smoke

  • Excludes heated tobacco products from the definition of "cigarette" under Florida's cigarette tax law (s. 210.01), effectively removing them from the cigarette excise tax

  • Adds heated tobacco products to the definition of "tobacco products" for purposes of mail order/Internet sales age verification requirements and general tobacco product regulations

  • Renames Part II of Chapter 210 to "Tax on Tobacco Products other than Cigarettes, Heated Tobacco Products, or Cigars," exempting heated tobacco products from that tax category

  • Effective date: July 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Heated Tobacco Products

Last Action

Now in Commerce Committee

2/5/2026

Committee Referrals

Commerce Committee2/5/2026
Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee1/27/2026
Ways and Means Committee11/18/2025

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