Licensing laws by state

SB 134: Taxation; tobacco interstate warehouser permits required, penalties imposed for violations

An interstate warehouser must obtain an annual permit from the Department of Revenue before shipping tobacco products into Alabama. The interstate warehouser must be licensed by at least four other states, purchase directly from manufacturers, and sell only to permitted wholesale dealers. An interstate warehouser may sell without state revenue stamps if it maintains required records of sales, purchase orders, invoices, and delivery receipts.

Took effect 1 October 2026

SB 494: To reduce the number and types of permits issued by arkansas tobacco control; and to consolidate several permits into a single permit under the arkansas tobacco products tax act of 1977.

Amends the Arkansas Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1977 to consolidate and reduce permits by establishing a single Wholesale Permit covering tobacco products, vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and e-liquid products at $1,000 annually, and allows manufacturers or importers dealing solely in cigars to obtain their permit at no cost by submitting federal licenses.

AB 762: Disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device: prohibition and penalties.

Beginning January 1, 2027, a person shall not import or manufacture for sale in this state a new or refurbished disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device. Beginning January 1, 2028, a person shall not sell, distribute, or offer for sale such a device in this state.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 1124: Public health.

Beginning January 1, 2028, retailers engaged in retail sale of cigarettes or tobacco products must prominently display lung cancer screening signage at every retail location. The State Department of Public Health must develop the signage by July 1, 2027, including eligibility criteria, effectiveness information, the Kick It California toll-free number, and a QR code.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 2250: Cannabis: cannabinoids.

A person engaged in the business of selling cigarettes or tobacco products must not possess, store, own, or make any sale of cannabis, cannabis products, or products presumed to be cannabis at any site where cigarettes or tobacco products are stored or sold. Beginning January 1, 2028, CBN isolate is excluded from the definition of cannabis concentrate.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 573: Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.

Retailers must obtain and maintain a retailer license to sell cigarettes or tobacco products. Each application for a retailer license filed on or after July 1, 2026, must be accompanied by a fee of $450 per retail location. Renewal applications filed on or after July 1, 2026, must also include a $450 fee per retail location.

HB 7181: An act concerning the regulation of tobacco, cannabis, hemp and related products, conduct and establishments.

Persons engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products must ship or transport them only to cigarette distributors, dealers, export warehouse proprietors, customs bonded warehouse operators, or government officers acting in official duties. Persons engaged in selling or delivering electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products must ship or transport them only to persons holding dealer or manufacturer registrations or government officers acting in official duties. Shippers must mark containers plainly, require age verification, and obtain signed acknowledgment of receipt.

Took effect 1 October 2025

H 817: TOBACCO PRODUCTS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the sale of cigars.

Retailers must obtain an annual permit from the department before selling or distributing tobacco products or electronic smoking devices at retail. All sales must be vendor-assisted with no customer access except through seller assistance. Permittees must display required signage and may not allow minors to sell these products, though employees aged eighteen to twenty may do so.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 1052: Various administrative law matters.

Operators or individuals conducting sweepstakes games knowingly using the Internet in Indiana or involving Indiana residents must cease. Beer wholesalers may deliver beer to food manufacturers registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration for product integration. Wine retailers whose wine sales represent at least 60% of annual gross income may allow customer self-service for sealed wine bottles for off-premises consumption.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 185: Alcohol and tobacco matters.

Persons selling tobacco products or e-cigarettes at retail must obtain a valid tobacco sales certificate from the commission. Wholesalers must obtain a wholesale tobacco sales certificate. Manufacturers of e-liquid must obtain a permit. Retailers may not sell e-liquid products containing more than seventy-five milligrams per milliliter of nicotine. No person may manufacture, sell, or distribute foreign adversary products.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 453: Various tax matters.

Persons purchasing services or items other than tangible personal property in retail transactions must remit full gross retail tax or become liable for uncollected tax. Persons purchasing gasoline subject to tax must remit any unpaid tax if they claim an exemption or cause tax not to be remitted to the department.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 1275: Alcohol and tobacco commission matters.

Distributors of taxable products must not sell, use, or distribute flavored nitrous oxide. Permit holders of retailers and craft manufacturers serving alcohol must maintain liquor liability insurance of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or face permit denial, suspension, or revocation. Retail establishments must not sell tobacco products to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.

Took effect 1 July 2025

HB 1468: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

A holder of a tobacco sales certificate may obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate by paying one thousand dollars for a three-year term. The holder must provide written notice to the commission at least five days before selling cigars at a function or event. A restaurant permittee holding an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit may establish a segregated room for cigar consumption with local government permission.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SF 2480: A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

SF 612: A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions.

Distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and other permit holders must submit applications, bonds, fees, reports, returns, and remittances electronically to the department in formats specified by the department. A qualified city with population between 24,400 and 20,500 may certify its fiscal year 2025-2026 budget by July 1, 2025, without conducting a hearing or allowing written protests.

SB 65: AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

The administrative body is prohibited from promulgating administrative regulations identical to or substantially the same as the proposed ordinary amendment to 907 KAR 23:010 for the period from January 6, 2026, through June 1, 2027. The administrative body is similarly prohibited from promulgating regulations identical to or substantially the same as the emergency regulations 804 KAR 13:020E and 804 KAR 13:030E during the same period.

SB 245: AN ACT relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure and declaring an emergency.

Retailers selling tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products must obtain and maintain a tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product license issued by the department. Applicants must submit required information under oath, including personal details, business address, proof of occupancy, and criminal history statements. Retailers must not sell these products to persons under age twenty-one and must post age restriction notices.

SB 100: AN ACT relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure.

Beginning December 1, 2025, retailers must obtain a tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control before selling alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or authorized vapor products. All sales must occur through face-to-face transactions at licensed premises. Manufacturers must sell only authorized vapor products and provide safe harbor certifications to wholesalers and retailers.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 782: FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

The bill makes amendments to provisions regarding vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products, with changes to R.S. 47:841(B)(8) becoming effective January 1, 2027.

HB 302: TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schools

HB 623: TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides for a three-tier system of permitting for the producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

LD 2134: An Act To Create An Exception To The Prohibition Of Tobacco Sales In Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies For Certain Small Grocery Stores

Pharmacies are prohibited from engaging in retail sales of tobacco products. Retail establishments containing a pharmacy are prohibited from selling tobacco products, except that a retail establishment with no more than 26,000 square feet of customer-accessible sales area, operated primarily as a grocery store, with a separately leased pharmacy established before July 7, 2025, may sell tobacco outside the pharmacy's leased premises through a separate point-of-sale system.

LD 166: An Act To Prohibit The Sale Of Tobacco Products In Pharmacies And Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies

This amendment modifies the cigarette tax stamp discount structure by removing the 0.66% discount rate for stamps at the face value of 175 mills, effective April 1, 2026.

SB 249: Tobacco Product Licensees - Additional Licensure for Electronic Smoking Devices

Holders of licenses under Title 16 or Title 16.5 of the Business Regulation Article must obtain an additional license under Title 16.7 to manufacture, distribute, or sell electronic smoking devices. Applicants for electronic smoking devices retailer or vape shop vendor licenses who hold a license under § 16–205(b) or § 16.5–204(b) are exempt from paying an additional licensure fee.

Took effect 1 October 2026

SB 279: Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure

In Baltimore City, applicants for initial or renewal county licenses for cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices must request a licensure authorization from the Mayor and City Council before applying for a county license. The Mayor and City Council may establish a process and fee for licensure authorization requests. County license holders may not sell unpackaged cigarettes in Baltimore City.

Took effect 1 October 2026

SB 820: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Unauthorized Consumable Products - Enforcement and Seizure

Retailers may not distribute, sell, expose for sale, or advertise for sale unauthorized consumable products, which include tianeptine products, certain kratom products not complying with labeling requirements, certain phenibut products not complying with labeling requirements, and consumable products containing poisonous or deleterious substances designated by the Secretary of Health. The Maryland Department of Health must notify the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission within 30 days after changes to regulatory or approval status of these products.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 842: Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements

Electronic smoking devices wholesalers must obtain an invoice for each purchase, maintain daily records of devices received showing invoice number, date, quantity, brand, manufacturer, and source, keep records of retailer names and addresses with invoices showing political subdivision, maintain monthly inventory records, and retain all records for 6 years or shorter period set by Executive Director.

Took effect 1 October 2025

SB 524: relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products.

Holders of retail tobacco licenses, tobacco products manufacturers, and tobacco products wholesalers must report inventory, loss, purchases, and sales to the commission. Persons under 21 years of age who violate tobacco laws are subject to fines or community service. Off-premises and retail wine licensees are prohibited from selling tobacco products and e-cigarettes.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 80: consolidating licensing, auditing, and enforcement responsibilities for wholesale and retail e-cigarettes sales under the liquor commission.

S 5624: Defines enforcement officers in a city with a population of one million or more for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia

Expands the definition of 'enforcement officer' in cities with populations over one million to include city agency officers authorized to enforce local tobacco sales laws to minors and the office of administrative trials and hearings.

SB 1571: Relating to consumer products for adults; and prescribing an effective date.

Retailers of inhalant delivery systems must post a notice visible to seller and purchaser stating it is unlawful to sell such systems to persons under 21 years of age. Distributors and sellers must not distribute, sell, or allow sale of inhalant delivery systems unless labeled, packaged in child-resistant safety packaging, and not packaged in a manner attractive to minors, all per Oregon Health Authority rules.

SB 146: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.

Establishes a Grant Evaluation Committee within the department to review and evaluate applications for grants under the Veterans' Trust Fund, consisting of five members appointed by the Adjutant General and four veterans appointed by legislative leaders.

Took effect 10 September 2026

HB 1425: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for presumed cost of doing business by retailer; providing for tobacco products; and making repeals.

Manufacturers of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine must certify annually to the Attorney General that products comply with FDA requirements and submit surety bonds of at least $50,000. Retailers and wholesalers must purchase only from licensed wholesalers and post surety bonds of $2,500 and $25,000 respectively. All sellers must ensure products are listed in the Attorney General's directory.

Took effect 20 February 2026

HB 1215: authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.

A board of county commissioners may approve a cigar bar license outside municipalities, and a municipal governing body may approve one within its jurisdiction. Licensees must maintain a humidor, enclose the space with solid walls/windows/ceiling/door, install proper ventilation, derive at least ten percent annual gross income from cigar sales, and may only permit smoking of cigars purchased on premises.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 221: regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Retailers must obtain a license from the Department of Revenue to sell nicotine products in South Dakota. Licensees must not sell to persons under twenty-one, must keep three-year inventory records, must not ship products to individuals, and must not sell through vending machines except in licensed establishments with age-verification systems.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 385: Specialized Product Sales Amendments

Specialized product retailers must obtain a license from the Department of Agriculture and Food before selling specialized products. Licensees must provide a product list and notify the department at least seven days before selling products not on that list. Employees must not sell tobacco, electronic cigarette, or nicotine products to individuals under 21 years old with criminal negligence.

Took effect 6 May 2026

HB 1946: Retail tobacco and hemp products; smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age, prohibitions.

This is a conference committee report recommending rejection of the Senate Amendment and acceptance of an alternative amendment to resolve disagreements on House Bill 1946 regarding retail tobacco and hemp products and smoking prohibitions for persons younger than 21 years of age.

SB 1060: Retail tobacco and hemp products; smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age, prohibitions.

No person younger than 21 years of age shall possess any retail tobacco product or hemp product intended for smoking, except when making a delivery in pursuance of employment, participating in approved medical research, or acting as a law-enforcement officer. Retail dealers must comply with sales restrictions and face penalties for violations.