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.
26.886.9 26.886.10 101st Legislative Session HCR6011 2026 South Dakota Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6011 HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ENGROSSED Introduced by: Representative Garcia Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative 1 Research Council to form an interim legislative committee Neurohealth Safety Committee to study 2 and assess 2 unregulated the regulatory framework under which tobacco and vapor products. product 3 retail establishments operate. 4 WHEREAS, the health of a state rules that are unclear in their intent and its institutions depends on the health of its citizens; 4 direction create compliance challenges 5 for tobacco and 5 WHEREAS, the health of our future citizenry rests on the health of our youth; vapor product retailers; and 6 WHEREAS, our youth are increasingly using substances that may be deleterious the lack of clarity has the potential to their affect a variety of regulatory areas, 7 mental and physical health in both including the long term payment of fees and the short term; scheduling and conduct of compliance inspections; and 8 WHEREAS, vapor products containing intoxicating substances threaten a committee that brings interested parties into a conversation about rules and 9 compliance stands the best chance of clarifying the future health 9 obligations of our state and are often unregulated and of unknown origin; and all parties; 10 WHEREAS, the popular perception that the availability of intoxicating vapor products in 11 smoke shops and other retail establishments is a reliable indicator of the products' safety, is 12 erroneous; and 13 WHEREAS, this erroneous perception may be dispelled only by knowledge, information, 14 and insight gained through a careful assessment of the situation in our state; 15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 16 11 First Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the 17 12 Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council be encouraged to form an the interim 18 legislative committee 13 Neurohealth Safety Committee for the purpose of studying the regulatory framework under 14 which tobacco and vapor product retailers operate and to study this important public health issue and assess the extent of the 19 need for 15 further regulatory action. 20 16