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6		-	PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 118
7		-	SENATE BILL NO. 707
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	2	+	SENATE BILL 707
8	3		By Massey
9		-	Substituted for: House Bill No. 821
10		-	By Slater, Hawk
11		-	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27,
12		-	relative to access to age-restricted products.
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	5	+	HOUSE BILL 821
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	9	+	HB0821
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	13	+	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
	14	+	Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27, relative to
	15	+	access to age-restricted products.
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13	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
14		-	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1504(d), is amended by deleting
15		-	the subsection and substituting the following:
16		-	(d) Prior to making a sale of, or distributing, tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor product,
17		-	or smokeless nicotine product, a person engaged in the sale or distribution of tobacco,
18		-	smoking hemp, vapor product, or smokeless nicotine product shall demand from the
19		-	prospective purchaser or recipient, and the prospective purchaser or recipient must present
20		-	to the seller or distributor, proof of age, if an ordinary person would conclude on the basis of
21		-	appearance that the prospective purchaser or recipient may be less than fifty (50) years of
22		-	age. In the case of distribution by mail, the distributor of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor
23		-	product, or smokeless nicotine product shall obtain from the addressee an affirmative
24		-	statement that the person is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, and shall inform the
25		-	recipient that the person is strictly prohibited from distributing any tobacco, smoking hemp,
26		-	vapor product, or smokeless nicotine product, as defined by this part, to any person under
27		-	twenty-one (21) years of age.
28		-	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1507(b), is amended by deleting
29		-	the subsection and substituting the following:
30		-	(b) In any place where supervision of a vending machine, or operation by token is
31		-	required by this section, the person responsible for that supervision or the sale of the token
32		-	shall demand from the prospective purchaser, and the prospective purchaser must present to
33		-	the person responsible for that supervision or sale, proof of age, if an ordinary person would
34		-	conclude on the basis of appearance that the prospective purchaser may be under fifty (50)
35		-	years of age.
36		-	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1509(e)(1), is amended by deleting
37		-	"twenty-nine (29) years of age" and substituting "forty-nine (49) years of age".
38		-	SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. PASSED:
39		-	SENATE BILL NO. 707
40		-	March 24, 2025
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43		-	SPEAKER OF1HE SENATE
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46		-	CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
47		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
48		-	APPROVED this ~ day of /\:pr,'l 2025
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50		-	BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
	18	+	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1504(d), is amended by
	19	+	deleting the subsection and substituting the following:
	20	+	(d) Prior to making a sale of, or distributing, tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor
	21	+	product, or smokeless nicotine product, a person engaged in the sale or distribution of
	22	+	tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor product, or smokeless nicotine product shall demand
	23	+	from the prospective purchaser or recipient, and the prospective purchaser or recipient
	24	+	must present to the seller or distributor, proof of age, if an ordinary person would
	25	+	conclude on the basis of appearance that the prospective purchaser or recipient may be
	26	+	less than fifty (50) years of age. In the case of distribution by mail, the distributor of
	27	+	tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor product, or smokeless nicotine product shall obtain from
	28	+	the addressee an affirmative statement that the person is twenty-one (21) years of age
	29	+	or older, and shall inform the recipient that the person is strictly prohibited from
	30	+	distributing any tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor product, or smokeless nicotine product,
	31	+	as defined by this part, to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.
	32	+	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1507(b), is amended by
	33	+	deleting the subsection and substituting the following:
	34	+	(b) In any place where supervision of a vending machine, or operation by token
	35	+	is required by this section, the person responsible for that supervision or the sale of the
	36	+	token shall demand from the prospective purchaser, and the prospective purchaser must
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	41	+	present to the person responsible for that supervision or sale, proof of age, if an ordinary
	42	+	person would conclude on the basis of appearance that the prospective purchaser may
	43	+	be under fifty (50) years of age.
	44	+	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1509(e)(1), is amended by
	45	+	deleting "twenty-nine (29) years of age" and substituting "forty-nine (49) years of age".
	46	+	SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.