encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim Neurohealth Safety Committee to study and assess the regulatory framework under which vapor product retail establishments operate.

Plain English: HCR6011A 101st Legislative Session HCR6011 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6011 Introduced by: Representative Garcia Underscores indicate new language.

• HCR6011A 101st Legislative Session HCR6011 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6011 Introduced by: Representative Garcia Underscores indicate new language.
• Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
• AMENDMENT HCR6011A FOR THE INTRODUCED RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative 1 Research Council to form an interim legislative committee Neurohealth Safety 2 Committee to study and assess unregulated vapor products the regulatory 3 framework under which tobacco and vapor product retail establishments 4 operate.
• 5 WHEREAS, the health of a state and its institutions depends on the health of its citizens; 6 and 7 WHEREAS, the health of our future citizenry rests on the health of our youth; and 8 WHEREAS, our youth are increasingly using substances that may be deleterious to their 9 mental and physical health in both the long term and the short term; and 10 WHEREAS, vapor products containing intoxicating substances threaten the future health 11 of our state and are often unregulated and of unknown origin; and 12 WHEREAS, the popular perception that the availability of intoxicating vapor products in 13 smoke shops and other retail establishments is a reliable indicator of the products' safety, is 14 erroneous; and 15 WHEREAS, this erroneous perception may be dispelled only by knowledge, information, 16 and insight gained through a careful assessment of the situation in our state; 17 WHEREAS, rules that are unclear in their intent and direction create compliance challenges 18 for tobacco and vapor product retailers; and 19 WHEREAS, the lack of clarity has the potential to affect a variety of regulatory areas, 20 including the payment of fees and the scheduling and conduct of compliance inspections; and 21 HCR6011A 2 HCR6011 Underscores indicate new language.

Plain English: HCR6011B 101st Legislative Session HCR6011 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6011 Introduced by: Representative Garcia Underscores indicate new language.

• HCR6011B 101st Legislative Session HCR6011 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6011 Introduced by: Representative Garcia Underscores indicate new language.
• Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
• AMENDMENT HCR6011B FOR THE HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ENGROSSED RESOLUTION A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative 1 Research Council to form an interim Neurohealth Safety Committee to study 2 and assess the regulatory framework under which tobacco and vapor product 3 retail establishments operate.
• 4 WHEREAS, rules that are unclear in their intent and direction create compliance challenges 5 for tobacco and vapor product retailers; and 6 WHEREAS, the lack of clarity has the potential to affect a variety of regulatory areas, 7 including the payment of fees and the scheduling and conduct of compliance inspections; and 8 WHEREAS, a committee that brings interested parties into a conversation about rules and 9 compliance stands the best chance of clarifying the future obligations of all parties; 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 11 First Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the 12 Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council be encouraged to form the interim 13 Neurohealth Safety Committee for the purpose of studying the regulatory framework under 14 which tobacco and vapor product retailers operate and to assess the extent of the need for 15 further regulatory action.