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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2402: Relating to the regulation of vapor products, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the regulation of vapor products in the state. The bill directs the Code editor to create a new subchapter in Code chapter 453A (cigarette and tobacco taxes and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products) to be entitled “Vapor Products Directory and Regulation”. The bill requires that by August 1, annually, following the date the director first makes the vapor products directory publicly available, every vapor products manufacturer whose vapor products are sold in the state, whether directly or through an intermediary, shall certify under penalty of perjury on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director (director) of the department of revenue (DOR), that the vapor products manufacturer agrees to comply with the new Code subchapter and has either received a marketing authorization or similar order for the vapor product from the federal food and drug administration (FDA); or that the vapor product was marketed in the United States as of August 8, 2016, the vapor products manufacturer submitted a premarket tobacco product application for the vapor product to the FDA on or before September 9, 2020, and the application either remains under review by the FDA or a final decision on the application has not otherwise taken effect.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

Cost: up to $6,900

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Lobbying · 9 for, 5 against

For: Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates; Casey's General Stores; FUELIowa (PMCI); Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Grocery Industry Association; Iowa Retail Federation; Maverik, Inc.; Personal Interest-Denise Bubeck; RAI Service Co.

Against: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); CAFE Iowa Citizen's Action Network (Clean Air for Everyone); Iowans For Alternatives To Smoking And Tobacco; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA); Vapor Technology Association

In plain words

  1. February 29, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 29, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 27, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 19, 2024Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF2402