North Dakota tobacco and nicotine bills

Every tobacco and nicotine bill in the North Dakota Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 37 states enacted tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. North Dakota has bills in progress and none enacted yet.

Bills in scope
2bills in scope
Past committee
2past committee
Most recent action
12 March 2025most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine bills in North Dakota

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

2Past committee

2 bills in scope

Past committee

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SB 2281A BILL for an Act to create and enact five new sections to chapter 57-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a tax on cigars, other tobacco products, alternative tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, and electronic smoking device substances and a tobacco tax distribution fund; to amend and reenact section 57-36-01, subsection 1 of section 57-36-31, and section 57-36-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of alternative tobacco products, transfer and allocation of tobacco products tax revenue and tax on cigarettes; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.Passed chamber

What it would do: Imposes new taxes on cigars (32% of wholesale price), other tobacco products (28%), alternative tobacco products (28%), and electronic smoking devices and substances (28%), with revenue directed to a tobacco tax distribution fund for grants to local health units and 988 crisis hotline services.

HB 1570A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-06 and two new sections to chapter 57-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of a tobacco tax distribution behavioral health fund and the collection, transfer, and report of a tax on electronic smoking devices and alternative tobacco products; to amend and reenact sections 57-36-01, 57-36-25, 57-36-26, 57-36-31, and 57-36-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tax imposed on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.Passed committee

What it would do: Creates a tobacco tax distribution behavioral health fund and imposes new excise taxes on electronic smoking devices (56% of wholesale price) and alternative tobacco products (56% of wholesale price), with revenues directed to behavioral health services through regional human service centers.

Bill titles link to the North Dakota Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation

In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.

Questions

Does North Dakota have a tobacco and nicotine law?

None of the 2 tobacco and nicotine bills in the North Dakota Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 2 bills got past a committee.

Which tobacco and nicotine bills are moving in North Dakota?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 2281 (passed chamber) and HB 1570 (passed committee).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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