Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 89, relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; and relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products.

House Concurrent Resolution 18 is a procedural measure that temporarily suspends specific legislative rules to allow Senate Bill No. 89 to be considered. This bill does not create new laws or policies itself but instead clears procedural hurdles so that the companion bill regarding tobacco and nicotine products can move forward in the legislature. The suspended rules relate to how the title of a bill is written, ensuring that the full scope of the tobacco legislation can be properly introduced and debated. Once the companion bill is passed, the procedural suspension will no longer be necessary.