Mississippi House Bill 1448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-69-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tobacco" For Purposes Of The Tobacco Tax Law To Include Alternative Nicotine Products And Electronic Cigarettes; To Amend Sections 97-32-3, 97-32-5, 97-32-7, 97-32-9, 97-32-11, 97-32-13, 97-32-15, 97-32-17, 97-32-19 And 97-32-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Raise The Minimum Age For A Person To Purchase Tobacco Products To Twenty-one Years, And To Increase Penalties For Violating "the Mississippi Juvenile Tobacco Access Prevention Act Of 1997"; To Regulate The Internet Sales Of Tobacco Products; To Amend Section 97-32-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Raise To 21 Years Of Age, The Prohibition From Publishing Those Convicted Under These Provisions; To Amend Section 97-32-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Alternative Nicotine Products In The Definition Of "tobacco Products"; To Revise Definitions For "minor" And "adult"; To Amend Sections 97-32-29 And 97-32-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Penalties For The Sale Of Any Cartridge Or Component Of An Alternative Nicotine Product; And For Related Purposes.

Alternative nicotine products; include as tobacco product and increase age to 21.

Rep. Price Wallace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1448.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1448IN.htm