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TN – Stop a Big Tobacco Protection Act!
current status
Bill
Introduced
Passed
Senate
(SB763)
Passed
House
Signed by
Governor
HB 968
04.02.25 – Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/8/2025
04.01.25 – Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/8/2025
03.26.25 – Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/1/2025
03.12.25 – Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
03.10.25 – Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
03.05.25 – Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/10/2025
02.26.25 – Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/3/2025
02.05.25 – Filed for introduction
SB 763
04.03.25 – Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
03.31.25 – Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House.
03.25.25 – Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0
03.18.25 – Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
02.25.25 – Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
02.18.25 – [HEARING] Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for
02.25.25, 1:00 PM (CST), Senate Hearing Room 1.(Cmte Page)
02.12.25 – Passed Second Consideration, referred to S. Commerce and Labor Committee
02.10.25 – Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
02.04.25 – Introduced
A bill (SB 763 / HB 968)* known to advocates as “PMTA Registry” legislation has been introduced and referred to the House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee. HB 968 is scheduled for a public hearing on:
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- 12:30 PM
- House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee,
If enacted, this law would effectively make the state of Tennessee an enforcement arm of cigarette companies and the Food and Drug Administration, empowering state authorities to enforce the disastrous federal anti-vaping regulations. HB 968 would also impose a privilege tax of seven cents per milliliter of e-liquid in a closed-system vapor product and a tax at the rate of 10% of the wholesale price on an open-system vapor product.
This bill would put hundreds of independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of Tennessee residents at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Please take a minute to send an email to your lawmakers urging them to oppose HB 968!
- Tell your lawmakers that this legislation is more about protecting Big Tobacco profits than improving public health and share your personal story about switching to vaping.
- HB 968 / SB 763 will close down small businesses and put hundreds of workers out of a job.
- The state of Tennessee doesn’t need to carry water for the FDA by enforcing its disastrous anti-vaping regulations.
- FDA has arbitrarily denied marketing orders for nearly 1 million products and is failing to move forward with authorizing others.
- If HB 968 / SB 763 is enacted, consumers will only have access to a handful of products that have applications pending, or are authorized by FDA.
- Be brief, be kind, and say thank you 🙂
04.08.25 - H. Finance, Ways, and Means Cmte.
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