HB142: AN ACT relating to products that contain nicotine.

Legislative Summary

Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists penalties; requires school districts to report annually to the Kentucky Department of Education; requires the department to report to the Legislative Research Commission the number of nicotine-related behavior incidents in schools and the number requiring medical intervention; requires schools to provide evidence-based age-appropriate nicotine prevention and cessation information to all students at the beginning of the school year and access to materials throughout the school year; requires a school to provide nicotine cessation information upon the first incident, requires a school to provide disciplinary action in accordance with the district’s code of acceptable behavior upon the second incident, and allows for in-school or out-of-school suspension and the opportunity to complete a nicotine education program for the third and subsequent incidents; authorizes the department, regional educational cooperatives, and local boards of education to identify and apply for grant opportunities relating to nicotine; and requires by August 1, 2024, that the department, after consultation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, post nicotine awareness information