SB 1447 Summary

• Repeals the state law preemption that voids all local ordinances regulating the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices.

• Clarifies that counties retain authority to enact ordinances regulating cigarette, tobacco product, and electronic smoking device sales within their jurisdictions, provided the ordinances are more stringent than state law.

• Modifies the legislative intent from establishing "uniform and exclusive" state regulation to "uniform regulation to the extent reasonably possible."

• Allows counties to adopt regulations addressing youth nicotine addiction and tobacco company marketing practices at the local level.

• Effective date: July 1, 2050.