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TennesseeSB 0707114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27, relative to access to age-restricted products.

Sponsored By: Becky Duncan Massey (Republican)

Became Law

Tobacco, Tobacco Products

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Stricter ID checks for tobacco and vaping

Beginning July 1, 2025, sellers and distributors of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor, and smokeless nicotine products must check ID if the person appears under 50. For mail orders, they must get a statement the addressee is 21 or older and tell them they cannot pass these items to anyone under 21. People who supervise a vending machine or sell tokens for one must also check ID under the same under-50 rule. The law raises the appearance trigger from 29 to 49, so ID checks happen more often.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Becky Duncan Massey

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/17/2025

FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/17/2025

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/11/2025

SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Pub. Ch. 118

    4/8/2025

  2. Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

    4/8/2025

  3. Signed by Governor.

    4/3/2025Senate

  4. Signed by H. Speaker

    3/26/2025House

  5. Transmitted to Governor for action.

    3/26/2025Senate

  6. Enrolled and ready for signatures

    3/25/2025Senate

  7. Signed by Senate Speaker

    3/25/2025Senate

  8. Subst. for comp. HB.

    3/24/2025House

  9. Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0

    3/24/2025House

  10. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

    3/20/2025House

  11. Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

    3/17/2025Senate

  12. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    3/17/2025Senate

  13. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025

    3/14/2025Senate

  14. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

    3/11/2025Senate

  15. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/11/2025

    3/5/2025Senate

  16. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

    2/12/2025Senate

  17. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    2/10/2025Senate

  18. Filed for introduction

    2/3/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled / Public Chapter

    PDF

  • Fiscal Note

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

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