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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island General Assembly Requires Vape Shops to Transfer Ten Percent of Sales Revenue to Tobacco Cessation Programs
Last action · March 24, 2026: Committee heardSponsors: Lou DiPalma and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
s are required to transfer ten percent of their sales revenue to under a Rhode Island legislative act. The measure also establishes a formal definition for these shops within state tax law.
The mandate creates a direct, ongoing funding stream for state health initiatives funded through retail vape sales.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Electronic nicotine-delivery system shops
Shops are required to transfer ten percent of their sales revenue to tobacco cessation programs.
Tobacco cessation programs
Programs receive funding via mandated transfers of sales revenue from electronic nicotine-delivery system shops.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 24, 2026Committee heard
- Mar 20, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
- Mar 4, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Finance
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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