EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 231
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (26).
0582S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 407.932, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to tobacco
products.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 407.932, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 407.932, 2
to read as follows:3
407.932. [Nothing in sections 407.925 to 407.932 shall 1
prohibit local political subdivisions from enacting more 2
stringent ordinances or rules. ] 1. The state preempts the 3
field of regulating the sale of tobacco products, 4
alternative nicotine products, and vapor products, and the 5
provisions of sections 407.924 to 407.934 shall supersede 6
any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations 7
enacted by a county, municipality, or other political 8
subdivision to regulate the sale of tobacco products, 9
alternative nicotine products , or vapor products. 10
2. No political subdivision shall deny a license to a 11
qualified applicant for a tobacco products license, an 12
alternative nicotine products license, or a vapor products 13
license if the new license being sought is for the same 14
business or location that had a license within the previous 15
twenty-four months. Any new licensee shall remain eligible 16
for a tobacco products license, an alternative nicotine 17
products license, or a vapor products license, or the 18 SB 231 2
renewal thereof, provid ed that such licensee is in 19
compliance with applicable rules and laws. The provisions 20
of this subsection shall not be construed to require the 21
political subdivision to increase the total number of 22
tobacco products licenses, alternative nicotine produc ts 23
licenses, or vapor products licenses issued by the political 24
subdivision. 25