Utah Association of Local Health Departments Bill Watch 3-17-2020
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;
– 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 Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing

Senate Secretary
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
Health Amendments Rep. James Dunnigan
Salt Lake
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
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