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HB0525 • 2026

Tobacco, Tobacco Products

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39, Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to vapor products.

Agriculture
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Sponsor
Scarbrough, Walley
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details about the methods for conducting the study or specific requirements for recommendations.

Study on Vapor Products for Young People

This bill urges the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to study how vapor products affect people under 21 and suggest ways to reduce their sale, distribution, and use.

What This Bill Does

  • Urges the Department of Agriculture to study the effects of vapor product usage by individuals under 21 years old.
  • Encourages the department to make recommendations to the legislature regarding reducing the sale, distribution, and use of vapor products among young people.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  • People under 21 years old who use vapor products

Terms To Know

Vapor Products
Devices that heat a liquid to create an aerosol, often used for smoking or vaping.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the study will be conducted.
  • It is unclear what specific recommendations must be made by the department.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  5. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  7. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 638
By Walley

HOUSE BILL 525
By Scarbrough

HB0525
002458
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1,
Chapter 3; Title 39, Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title
68, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to vapor products.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1513, is amended by deleting
the section and substituting:
The department of agriculture is urged to study the effects of the sale and
distribution of vapor products to, and the use of such vapor products by, persons under
twenty-one (21) years of age and is encouraged to make recommendations to the
legislature with regard to reducing such sale, distribution, and use.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.