PROVIDED SUMMARY
Heated Tobacco Products; Revising the definition of the term “cigarette”; revising the definition of the term “tobacco products”; defining the term “heated tobacco product”, etc.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Heated tobacco products become taxable and regulated like other tobacco.
Heated tobacco products are now explicitly included in the state's definition of tobacco products. This brings them under existing tax and sales regulations.
The bill removes heated tobacco products from the legal definition of a cigarette. This distinction affects how they are taxed and regulated.
Heated tobacco products are now listed as contraband in county detention facilities. Inmates may not possess or receive them.
KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1
Heated Tobacco Products Excluded from Cigarette Definition
majors. 210.01(1)
AIRemoves heated tobacco products from the legal definition of cigarettes, separating them from the cigarette tax and regulation regime.
§ 2
New Definition of Heated Tobacco Product
majors. 210.25(6)
AICreates a new statutory category for tobacco products heated without combustion, subjecting them to the non-cigarette tobacco tax structure.
“"Heated tobacco product" means a product containing tobacco designed for use in an electronic device with a heat source that does not involve any form of burning or combustion”
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§ 3
Heated Tobacco Products Added to Tobacco Products Definition
majors. 210.25(13)
AIExplicitly includes heated tobacco products in the definition of tobacco products for tax purposes, ensuring they are taxed as non-cigarette tobacco.
“"Tobacco products" means loose tobacco suitable for smoking; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine cuts and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps; cl”
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§ 4
Heated Tobacco Products Added to Vehicle Code Definitions
moderates. 569.002(8)
AIIncludes heated tobacco products in the definition of tobacco products for vehicle-related regulations, such as smoking bans in cars with minors.
“"Tobacco products" includes loose tobacco leaves, and products made from tobacco leaves, in whole or in part, and cigarette wrappers, which can be used for smoking, sniffing, or ch”
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§ 5
Heated Tobacco Products Classified as Contraband in Detention Facilities
moderates. 951.22(1)(d)
AIProhibits the introduction of heated tobacco products into county detention facilities, treating them as contraband like other tobacco products.
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Finance and Tax
1/13/2026
Now in Finance and Tax
1/12/2026
Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/5/2026
On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 412...
12/16/2025
Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
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