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Utah Association of Local Health Departments Bill Watch 3-17-2020
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Bill # | Title | Sponsor | Short Description | LHOs Position | Status | |
E-CIGARETTES/TOBACCO | ||||||
S.B. 37 | Electronic Cigarettes and other Nicotine Products Amendments | Sen. Allen Christensen Morgan, Summit, Weber |
– require a tobacco retailer to provide itemized receipts and to maintain an itemized transaction log for sales of a tobacco product, an electronic cigarette product, or anicotine product; – imposes licensing and bonding requirements on a person that sells or distributes an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product; – imposes an excise tax on the sale in the state of an electronic cigarette substance, a prefilled electronic cigarette, an alternative nicotine product, a nontherapeutic nicotine device substance, and a prefilled nontherapeutic nicotine device; – addresses use of revenue from the taxation of an electronic cigarette substance, a prefilled electronic cigarette, an alternative nicotine product, a nontherapeutic nicotine device substance, and a prefilled nontherapeutic nicotine device; – prohibits a manufacturer, a wholesaler, or a retailer from providing certain discounts or giveaways for electronic cigarettes; – establishes a Youth Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Program within the Department of Health; |
Support | Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
Senate Secretary |
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H.B 118 | Retail Tobacco Specialty Business Amendments | Rep. Jen Dailey Provost Salt Lake |
– amends the definition of a retail tobacco specialty business to include any retailer that sells a flavored product – prohibits a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer from providing certain discounts or giveaways for tobacco products | Support | House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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S.B. 199 | Electronic Cigarette Substance Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Salt Lake |
enacts a tax on electronic cigarette substances; specifies how the tax on electronic cigarette substances will be administered; and enacts restrictions on mail order and Internet sales of electronic cigarette products | Senate/ filed
Senate file for bills not passed |
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H.J.R. 20 | Joint Resolution Encouraging Local Health Departments to Set Licensing Rules | Rep. Jen Dailey Provost Salt Lake |
highlights the adverse health effects of electronic cigarette use in youth; and encourages local boards of health to enact regulations that limit the number of tobacco retail permits the local health department may issue. | House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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H.B. 58 | Electronic Cigarettes in Schools Amendments | Rep. Susan Pulsipher Salt Lake |
– amends penalties for underage purchase and possession of electronic cigarette products; – requires schools to adopt discipline procedures to address possession and use of electronic cigarette products on school grounds; – adds a requirement to teach a school-based prevention program for students in grade 4 or 5; – adds a requirement to include education about the risks of electronic cigarette products in a school-based prevention program; – requires schools to create a plan to address the causes of student use of tobacco, alcohol, electronic cigarette products, and controlled substances; |
Support | House/ to Governor
Executive Branch – Governor |
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S.B. 40 | Youth Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Program | Sen. Allen Christensen Morgan, Summit, Weber |
– establishes a Youth Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Program within the Department of Health; – creates a committee to advise the department on the Youth Electronic Cigarette, Marijuana, and Other Drug Prevention Program; – creates the Electronic Cigarette Substance and Nicotine Product Tax Restricted Account; and – establishes various reporting requirements and a sunset date. |
Support | Combined with S.B. 37 | |
H.B. 23 | Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins Utah |
– amends the number of compliance checks a local health department may conduct – amends permit violation for tobacco retailers | Support | House/ to Governor
Executive Branch – Governor |
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Electronic Cigarette Modifications | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Salt Lake |
Abandoned | ||||
Tobacco Age Ammendments | Rep. Lee Perry Bear River | Support | Abandoned | |||
HB 135 | Tobacco Settlement Funds Amendments | Rep. Brad Last Iron, Washington |
This bill amends provisions relating to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, as this bill amends amounts that must be appropriated for the statewide expansion of the drug court program from the Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account within the General Fund; redirects 40% of tobacco settlement funds received by the state on or after July 1, 2020, from the General Fund to the Permanent State Trust Fund established under Utah Constitution Article XXII, Section 4; and makes clarifying changes. | Support | House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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H.B. 375 | Electronic Cigarette Amendments | Rep. Paul Ray Davis |
This bill prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, and use of any electronic cigarette; repeals provisions allowing the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; and makes conforming and technical changes. | House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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FOOD FREEDOM/FOOD SAFETY | ||||||
H.B. 134 | Raw Milk Products Ammendments | Rep. Kim Coleman Salt Lake | – allows the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of certain products produced from raw milk under certain circumstances; and – makes technical changes. |
Oppose | House/ to Governer
Executive Branch – Governor |
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H.B.232 | Food Revision | Rep. Marc Roberts Utah |
clarifies that homemade food can be consumed at the home of the producer; grants administrative authority to local health departments to: create and issue agritourism food establishment permits; charge fees for issuing permits and inspecting premises; create standards and regulations for inspecting agritourism food establishments; and inspect agritourism food establishments, including inspecting the locations where food is prepared; and makes technical changes. |
Oppose | House/ to Governer
Executive Branch – Governor |
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Health Inspection Ammendment | Rep. Christine Watkins Southeast, TriCounty | Oppose | ||||
WATER TESTING | ||||||
H.B. 88 | School and Child Care Center Water Testing Requirements | Rep. Steve Handy Davis |
– requires testing drinking water for lead at schools and child care centers; – requires action if lead test results are above a certain level; and – requires records to be kept and made public. |
Support | House/ failed
House file for bills not passed |
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H.B. 41 | State Water Policy Amendments | Rep. Keven Stratton Utah |
-outlines the water policies of the state; -encourages state agencies to follow the state policy; -addresses suits referencing the state policy; and requires an annual review of the policy. |
House/ to Governer
Executive Branch – Governer |
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OTHER | ||||||
HB 208 | Alcohol Education Amendment | Rep. Jeffrey Stenquist Salt Lake City |
creates a restricted account within the General Fund; outlines the duties of the Department of Health in creating and conducting a drinking while pregnant prevention campaign; and makes technical and conforming changes. | House/ to Governor
Executive Branch – Governor |
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H.B. 7 | Social Services Base Budget | Rep.Paul Ray Davis |
– creates a restricted account, deposit to the restricted account from sale of liquir, outlines UDOH in creating and conducting a drinking while pregnant prevention campaign | Governer Signed
Lieutenant Governor's office for filing |
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H.B. 0052 | Intergenerational Poverty Solution | Rep. Norm Thurston Utah |
– creates the Earned Income and Education Savings Incentive Program (the program), including: providing a process for an individual identified by the Department of Workforce Services as experiencing intergenerational poverty to receive a state match of deposits into certain 529 savings accounts; providing for the sharing of information between the Department of Workforce Services, the Utah Educational Savings Plan, and the State Tax Commission; and requiring the Department of Workforce Services and the Utah Educational Savings Plan to provide information about the program to the Legislature; and – sets a termination date for the program but requires legislative review before the termination date to determine whether the Legislature should extend the program. |
House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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Open Meeting Amendments | Rep. Steve Handy Davis |
Abandoned | ||||
H.B. 34 | Tanning for Minors | Rep. Bradley Daw Utah County |
– removes the provision that allows a minor to tan with a parent's or physician's consent – directs the department to post warning signs that are consistent with the terms in the bill | Support | House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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S.B. 29 | Drug Disposal Program | Sen. Daniel Thatcher Salt Lake, Tooele |
-creates a program, administered by the attorney general, for the disposal of prescription and over-the-counter drugs; – requires the attorney general to work with law enforcement, pharmacies, and other entities to establish a statewide network of drug disposal repositories or for the distribution of home drug disposal receptacles; – describes the requirements for a drug disposal repository and a home drug disposal receptacle; – requires that the program comply with Drug Enforcement Administration requirements; -requires the attorney general to publish a list of drug disposal repositories or information on obtaining a home drug disposal receptacle; – creates a restricted account to assist with the purchase, operation, or maintenance of a repository or the purchase or distribution of home drug disposal receptacles; and – preempts certain action by other state and local government entities in relation to the program. |
Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
Senate Secretary |
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Health Amendments | Rep. James Dunnigan Salt Lake |
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Environmental Health | ||||||
H.B. 176 | Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program | Rep. Jeffrey Stenquist Salt Lake City |
– creates the Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program Restricted Account; – creates the Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program (program) to provide financial assistance in the purchase of a motor vehicle under certain conditions; – establishes certain criteria by which a person may participate in the program; – requires certain local health departments to assist in administering the program; – requires the Air Quality Board to make rules for the administration of the program; – requires the Division of Air Quality under certain circumstances to conduct a public -service campaign; and -creates a repeal date requiring committee review of the program. |
House/ filed
House file for bills not passed |
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H.B. 27 | Waste Tire Recycling Act Amendments | Rep. Scott Chew Uintah, Duchesne |
-modifies definitions related to waste tire piles; -increases the number of whole waste tires a person may transfer at one time to a landfill or any other location in the state authorized by the director to receive waste tires; -addresses storage of whole waste tires; -extends the relevant sunset date; and -makes technical changes. |
House/ to Governer
Executive Branch – Governer |