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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 344
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 641
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REQUEST FOR PROOF OF AGE TO
PURCHASE TOBACCO.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 53-344 of the general statutes be amended to provide an 1
exemption to the requirement that a seller's agent or employee request 2
that each person intending to purchase cigarettes or a tobacco product 3
present a driver's license or identity card to establish that such person is 4
twenty-one years of age or older if such person has previously presented 5
to the agent or employee a driver's license or identity card to establish 6
that such person is twenty-one years of age or older. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the burden on retailers by removing the requirement that an
individual be required to produce proof of age each time the individual
purchases tobacco if the retailer has previously reviewed such
individual's identification and knows that the individual is twenty-one
years of age or older.