MODIFY AGE REQ.; TOBACCO USE H.B. 6108 & 6109, S.B. 576 & 577:
SUMMARY OF DISCHARGED BILL
House Bill 6108 (as discharged)
House Bill 6109 (as discharged)
Senate Bill 576 (as discharged)
Senate Bill 577 (as discharged)
Sponsor: Representative Tommy Brann (H.B. 6108 & H.B. 6109)
Senator Dale Zorn (S.B. 576)
Senator Paul Wojno (S.B. 577)
House Committee: Regulatory Reform
Senate Committee: Regulatory Reform (discharged)
CONTENT
House Bill 6108 would amend the Youth Tobacco Act to do the following:
-- Modify the definition of minor to mean an individual who is less than 21, instead of 18, years of age (which, in effect, would increase, from 18 to 21, the age that an individual could purchase tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products).
-- Require signs posted by retailers to indicate that the purchase of tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products by individuals under 21, instead of 18, years of age is illegal.
-- Require a person to verify that an individual was at least 21 years of age before selling or furnishing a tobacco, vapor, or alternative nicotine product to that individual.
House Bill 6109 would amend the Public Health Code to require a tobacco specialty retail store to prohibit a person under the age of 21 from entering the store while it was open for business.
Senate Bill 576 would amend the Michigan Penal Code to prohibit a person, as part of his, her, or its business, either directly or through an agent, from distributing tobacco products to people who did not previously pay or agree to pay for them unless that person, in addition to current requirements, ascertained that the individual who received the product was 21 years of age or older.
Senate Bill 577 would amend the Age of Majority Act to specify that the Act would not apply to the Youth Tobacco Act.
House Bills 6108 and 6109 are tie-barred to each other and to Senate Bills 576, 577, and 720. Senate Bills 576 and 577 are tie-barred to Senate Bills 573 through 575.
(Generally, Senate Bill 720 would modify the Tobacco Product Tax Act to modify, among other things, the tax levied on tobacco products. Senate Bill 573 would amend the Youth Tobacco Act to prohibit a person who sold vapor products from advertising, giving free samples, and selling or distributing vapor products to a minor. Senate Bill 574 would amend the Youth Tobacco Act to prescribe penalties for a clerk, agent, or employee of a person who sold tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products at retail to a minor. Senate Bill 575 would amend the Youth Tobacco Act to regulate and license entities that manufactured and sold tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products at retail.)
MCL 722.641 & 722.644 (H.B. 6108) Legislative Analyst: Eleni Lionas
MCL 333.12606a (H.B. 6109)
MCL 750.42b (S.B. 576)
MCL 722.53 (S.B. 577)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 6-23-22 Fiscal Analyst: Ellyn Ackerman
Joe Carrasco, Jr.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.