Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2448 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to local government; prohibiting local units of government from banning
3	3	1.3 sales of flavored tobacco products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
4	4	1.4 461.19.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 461.19, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 461.19 EFFECT ON LOCAL ORDINANCE; NOTICE RESTRICTIONS.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
9	9	1.9the meanings given.
10	10	1.10 (b) "Electronic delivery device" has the meaning given in section 609.685, subdivision
11	11	1.111.
12	12	1.12 (c) "Flavored product" means a tobacco, tobacco-related device, electronic delivery
13	13	1.13device, or nicotine or lobelia delivery product that imparts a taste or smell, other than the
14	14	1.14taste or smell of tobacco, that is distinguishable by an ordinary consumer prior to or during
15	15	1.15consumption of the product, including but not limited to the taste or smell of chocolate,
16	16	1.16cocoa, fruit, honey, menthol, mint, vanilla, wintergreen, or any candy, dessert, alcoholic
17	17	1.17beverage, herb, or spice.
18	18	1.18 (d) "Nicotine or lobelia delivery product" means a product described in section 609.6855.
19	19	1.19 (e) "Tobacco" has the meaning given in section 609.685, subdivision 1.
20	20	1.20 (f) "Tobacco-related device" has the meaning given in section 609.685, subdivision 1.
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	REVISOR MS/AC 25-0459603/11/25
23	23	State of Minnesota
24	24	This Document can be made available
25	25	in alternative formats upon request
26	26	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
27	27	H. F. No. 2448
28	28	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	Authored by Stier, Joy, Niska, Hudson, Duran and others03/17/2025
30	30	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations 2.1 Subd. 2.Local ordinance; notice.Sections 461.12 to 461.18 do not preempt a local
31	31	2.2ordinance that provides for more restrictive regulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco-related
32	32	2.3devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine and lobelia delivery products. A governing
33	33	2.4body of a county, home rule charter or statutory city, or town shall give notice of its intention
34	34	2.5to consider adoption or substantial amendment of any local ordinance required under section
35	35	2.6461.12 or permitted under this section. The governing body shall take reasonable steps to
36	36	2.7send notice by mail at least 30 days prior to the meeting to the last known address of each
37	37	2.8licensee or person required to hold a license under section 461.12. The notice shall state the
38	38	2.9time, place, and date of the meeting and the subject matter of the proposed ordinance.
39	39	2.10 Subd. 3.Flavored product ban prohibited.Notwithstanding any law, rule, or ordinance
40	40	2.11to the contrary, the governing body of a county, home rule charter or statutory city, or town
41	41	2.12may not impose a ban on sales of flavored products, nor provide by ordinance a restrictive
42	42	2.13regulation of flavored products such that no flavored products may be sold within the
43	43	2.14boundaries of the county, home rule charter or statutory city, or town.
44	44	2.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
45	45	2Section 1.
46	46	REVISOR MS/AC 25-0459603/11/25