West Virginia Senate Bill 545

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-25 - To Government Organization
Pending: Senate Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish the E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory. The bill requires all manufacturers to obtain marketing authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration before engaging in consumer sales in West Virginia. Manufacturers must also apply to the State Tax Commissioner and State Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner and obtain approval from such agencies to be listed on the directory before engaging in consumer sales. Finally, the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner and the Tax Commissioner shall have joint regulatory enforcement authority over the directory.

Creating E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory

Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]	Sen. Tom Takubo [R]	Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]	Sen. Bill Hamilton [R]
Sen. Michael Maroney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-25	Senate	To Government Organization
2024-01-25	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-25	Senate	To Government Organization
2024-01-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	9H	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	9H	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=545&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb545%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=545