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S12842022 Regular SessionSigned into law

Amends existing law to raise the age of legal possession and use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices to 21.

HEALTH -- Amends existing law to raise the age of legal possession and use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices to 21.

HEALTH

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of this legislation is to change the definition of “minor” in Section 39-5702, Idaho Code, to mean a person under twenty-one years of age, consistent with federal law that has been in place since 2019. It also clarifies that tobacco products can be sold in retail by employees aged nineteen to twenty years old.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Mar 14, 2022

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
39 Yea
26 Nay
5 absentPassed by 18.57 votes

LATEST ACTION

Session Law Chapter 113 Effective: 07/01/2022

BILL INFO

Session
2022
Chamber
senate
Status date
Mar 22, 2022

LINKS

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