Bill > HB1816

This bill amends the Texas Health and Safety Code to grant counties and municipalities the authority to prohibit e-cigarette retailers from operating within 1,000 feet of public primary or secondary school campuses. Specifically, county commissioners courts can adopt orders for unincorporated areas, and municipal governing bodies can adopt ordinances within their city limits to create these distance restrictions. However, the prohibition does not apply to e-cigarette retailers whose sales of e-cigarettes constitute less than 50 percent of their total gross receipts at the specified location. This means that stores that primarily sell other goods and only secondarily sell e-cigarettes would be exempt from the distance restrictions. The bill is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, giving local jurisdictions time to prepare and implement these potential restrictions aimed at reducing youth exposure to e-cigarette retail locations near schools.

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB1816