HB 785 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Heated Tobacco Products

Summary

Heated Tobacco Products; Revises definitions of “cigarette” & “tobacco products” to exclude certain types of products containing tobacco & defines "heated tobacco product."

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates Florida's legal definitions of tobacco products to include heated tobacco products (HTPs) in various statutes. The changes clarify how HTPs are classified and regulated alongside traditional tobacco products, ensuring consistent terminology across different sections of Florida law.

Scope change

The bill expands the regulatory scope to explicitly include heated tobacco products in multiple statutory definitions, including those related to cigarette definitions, tobacco product sales, tax classifications, and contraband rules in detention facilities.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'cigarette' in s. 210.01 to explicitly exclude heated tobacco products from the cigarette definition.

Added heated tobacco products to the definition of 'tobacco products' in s. 210.095 regarding mail order and remote sales.

Renamed Part II of chapter 210 to include 'Heated Tobacco Products' in the title, reflecting the new product category.

Added a new definition for 'heated tobacco product' in s. 210.25, describing products that produce aerosol by heating tobacco without combustion.

Updated s. 569.002 to include heated tobacco products in the definition of tobacco products for tax purposes.

ENFORCEMENT

Amended s. 951.22 regarding contraband in county detention facilities to include heated tobacco products alongside cigarettes and cigars.

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Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Ways & Means Committee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Ways & Means Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

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