HB3191: YOUTH PROTECTION NICOTINE

Legislative Summary

Creates the Illinois Youth Protection and Nicotine Accountability Act. Prohibits flavored electronic cigarettes. Provides for inspections, enforcement, and penalties with respect to the ban on flavored electronic cigarettes, and limits home rule powers. Creates the Youth Protection and Nicotine Accountability Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, with certain requirements. Provides for a tax on e-cigarettes, with certain penalties and with enforcement and rulemaking by the Department of Revenue. Provides for the Department of Public Health to develop educational curricula and a statewide campaign. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish and maintain the Illinois Nicotine Exposure Reporting Database for certain purposes. Requires the Department to submit a report regarding the Database within 10 years, and after 10 years the provisions regarding the Database shall be inoperative. Makes findings and declares purposes. Defines terms. Effective immediately.