SR 206 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

PUBLIC HEALTH: Creates the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force.

SR 206 creates a Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force to study nicotine use among Louisiana youth under age 21. The task force, composed of health, education, and industry representatives, will analyze vaping and tobacco trends, prevention strategies, and effective cessation programs. It must report findings and recommendations - including potential legislation - to the Senate Health Committee by January 2026, focusing on evidence-based solutions to reduce youth use while avoiding undue burden on legal adult tobacco markets.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status introduced 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 12, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

SR206 Original → SR206 Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 12, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a draft to its final enrolled version, incorporating significant substantive changes to the Task Force's mission and membership. The scope was expanded to explicitly include vapor products and to study the specific health impacts of nicotine on youth under 21. The membership list was updated to include additional stakeholders such as the Louisiana School Boards Association and the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents, while retaining the original members. A new requirement was added to ensure the study does not infringe on the rights of legal adult users.

Scope change

The bill's scope was broadened to specifically address vapor products and to focus the study on the developmental impacts of nicotine on individuals under the age of twenty-one.

SCOPE

The resolution explicitly expanded the study to include all vapor products alongside traditional tobacco products.

The resolution clarified that the study must focus on the effects of nicotine use specifically on persons under twenty-one years of age.

REQUIREMENT

A new provision requires the task force to ensure its recommendations do not unduly burden businesses or infringe on the legal rights of adult tobacco users.

MEMBERSHIP

The task force membership list was updated to add representatives from the Louisiana School Boards Association and the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents.

The task force membership list was updated to add a representative from the Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025

How they voted

33–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 37

Jun 12, 2025

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

R Republican26

23 Yea 3

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 12, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (33-0-4)

senate

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors