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IdahoH 01332025 regular legislative sessionHouseWALLET
TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding clean indoor air and prevention of minors’ access to tobacco products and electronic smoking devices.
Sponsored By: HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES
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Bill Overview
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5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Narrower Enforcement Powers Over Tobacco Retailers
Civil penalties and permit suspensions under this chapter apply only to violations of its tobacco or electronic smoking device sales rules. Violations of other state or local laws no longer trigger those particular penalties. The health department also loses express authority in the permit section to write rules on permits, inspections, checks, training, and employment practices. The law repeals another tobacco-law section, but the supplied text does not explain its practical effect.
Annual Surprise Checks for Tobacco Retailers
Idaho's health department must conduct random, unannounced checks of tobacco and electronic smoking device retailers, including each location annually. The annual inspection total follows a formula: year-end permit holders × last year's violation rate × 10. That total cannot exceed twice the number of permit holders. These checks support enforcement of youth-access rules.
Annual Permits and Training for Tobacco Retailers
Tobacco and electronic smoking device retailers need a separate annual permit for each permanent location; online-only retailers use their website address. Permits cannot be transferred, must be available on request, and require endorsements for the retailer's sales or delivery methods. A permit ends when the business closes, stops covered sales, moves, or is sold. Permits obtained through fraud to avoid penalties must be revoked. Permits expire at midnight December 31, and Idaho's health department must mail renewal notices at least 90 days beforehand. Retailers must teach employees the rules and keep each employee's signed form confirming they understand them.
Ten-Day Penalty Deadlines for Tobacco Retailers
Retail permit holders must pay fines under the chapter in full within 10 days of the violation, before renewing their permit. A third violation within two years also creates a deadline for submitting evidence about training or employment practices. Retailers relying on those practices to reduce a suspension must submit proof to the health department within 10 days of the violation.
Broader Smoke-Free Coverage and Clearer Signs
Idaho's clean indoor air rules now include educational facilities, airplanes, buses, and boats as public places, but exclude private, noncommercial vehicles. The law also revises when restaurant bars are physically separate and when bar food service counts as incidental. Required signs must be easy to see, readable, and uncovered, with letters at least one inch high. These changes broaden public-place coverage while adding sign requirements for those responsible for posting them.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Robert “Rob” Beiswenger
Republican • House
Brian Lenney
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 2/21/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 62 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 13, 2025 Session Law Chapter 64 Effective: 07/01/2025; 07/01/2025 IDAPA Sunset Clause - SECTION 14 & 15
3/14/2025Delivered to Governor at 8:10 a.m. on March 11, 2025
3/11/2025Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
3/10/2025SenateSigned by President; returned to House
3/10/2025SenateReceived from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/10/2025SenateReported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/7/2025HouseReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/6/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0
3/6/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
2/27/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2/26/2025SenateIntroduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
2/24/2025SenateReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
2/24/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 62-7-1
2/21/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2/20/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
2/19/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2/18/2025HouseReported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
2/5/2025HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2/4/2025House
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