This resolution asks the Legislative Research Council to create a temporary committee to study how vapor product stores are currently regulated in South Dakota. The committee would examine unclear rules around fees, inspections, and compliance to determine whether the regulations need to be changed or clarified.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment narrows the bill's focus from broadly studying unregulated intoxicating vapor products as a youth health crisis to specifically examining regulatory compliance challenges faced by tobacco and vapor product retailers, shifting the committee's purpose from public health assessment to regulatory clarification. This reframes the resolution from a health protection initiative into a regulatory efficiency exercise that brings retailers into discussions about rules and fee payment structures.
The amendment removed tobacco from the scope of the committee's study, narrowing it to focus exclusively on vapor product retail establishments. This change NARROWS the bill's purpose by eliminating tobacco retailers from the regulatory review that the Neurohealth Safety Committee will conduct.
Senate Concurred in Resolution Failed, YEAS 5, NAYS 29. S.J. 310
First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 295
House of Representatives Adopt Resolution as amended Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 8. H.J. 332
House of Representatives Motion to amend H.J. 332
Health and Human Services Adopt Resolution as amended Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0.
Health and Human Services Motion to amend
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 191
First Reading House H.J. 174
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Concurred in Resolution
Adopt Resolution as amended
Health and Human Services — Adopt Resolution as amended