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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House committee advances legislation regulating vapor products and establishing Attorney General enforcement
Last action · February 19, 2025: Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
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What This Bill Proposed
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee advanced HB 1265 on February 19, 2025, establishing comprehensive manufacturing, labeling, marketing, and safety requirements for vapor products alongside Attorney General enforcement and a compliance fund.
Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of vapor products in Oklahoma face new regulatory standards, safety requirements, and enforcement mechanisms overseen by the Attorney General.
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.
Vapor product manufacturers and retailers
Must comply with new manufacturing, labeling, marketing, and safety requirements enforced by the Attorney General.
Attorney General
Assumes enforcement responsibilities under the new statutory provisions.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 19, 2025HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Hays
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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