Public health: nitrous oxide.
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Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
Passed
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill prohibits retailers (with some exceptions like grocery stores) from selling nitrous oxide in any retail location in California. It allows cities, counties, or consolidated city-county governments to enact stricter regulations on nitrous oxide sales, as long as those regulations don’t prevent legitimate uses like dentistry or automotive services. The bill also clarifies that local agencies will not be required to reimburse the state for any costs associated with this new law.
Key provisions
- Prohibits retail sales of nitrous oxide.
- Excludes grocery stores and general retail stores with grocery departments from the prohibition.
- Allows local governments to impose stricter regulations on nitrous oxide sales.
- Specifies that local regulations must not restrict legitimate uses of nitrous oxide.
- States that no reimbursement is required from the state for local agency costs related to this law.
Who is affected
- Retailers
- Cities and Counties
- Dentists
- Food Preparation Businesses
- Automotive Service Businesses
Notable changes
- Expands the existing Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act to include nitrous oxide.
- Creates a new misdemeanor offense for selling nitrous oxide in retail locations.
- Allows local governments to enact stricter regulations than state law.
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