Florida SB 754: Motor Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data

Bill Text

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Heated Tobacco Products 
2025-12-04T05:29:21Z 
Revising the definition of the term “cigarette”; revising the definition of the term “tobacco products”; defining the term “heated tobacco product”, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 754 

 By Senator DiCeglie 

 18-00936-26 2026754__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to heated tobacco products; amending 
 3 s. 210.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 4 “cigarette”; amending s. 210.095, F.S.; revising the 
 5 definition of the term “tobacco products”; renaming 
 6 part II of ch. 210, F.S., entitled “Tax on Tobacco 
 7 Products other than Cigarettes or Cigars,” as “Tax on 
 8 Tobacco Products other than Cigarettes, Heated Tobacco 
 9 Products, or Cigars”; amending s. 210.25, F.S.; 
 10 defining the term “heated tobacco product”; conforming 
 11 a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 
 12 569.002, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 13 “tobacco products”; amending s. 951.22, F.S.; 
 14 conforming a cross-reference; reenacting s. 569.31(5), 
 15 F.S., relating to definitions, to incorporate the 
 16 amendment made to s. 569.002, F.S., in a reference 
 17 thereto; providing an effective date. 
 18 
 19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 20 
 21 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 210.01, Florida 
 22 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 23 210.01 Definitions.—When used in this part the following 
 24 words shall have the meaning herein indicated: 
 25 (1) “Cigarette” means any roll for smoking, except one of 
 26 which the tobacco is fully naturally fermented, without regard 
 27 to the kind of tobacco or other substances used in the inner 
 28 roll or the nature or composition of the material in which the 
 29 roll is wrapped, which is made wholly or in part of tobacco 
 30 irrespective of size or shape and whether such tobacco is 
 31 flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient. The 
 32 term does not include a heated tobacco product as defined by s. 
 33 210.25. 
 34 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 
 35 210.095, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 36 210.095 Mail order, Internet, and remote sales of tobacco 
 37 products; age verification.— 
 38 (1) For purposes of this section, the term: 
 39 (i) “Tobacco products” means all cigarettes, smoking 
 40 tobacco, snuff, fine-cut chewing tobacco, cut and granulated 
 41 tobacco, cavendish, and plug or twist tobacco, and heated 
 42 tobacco products as defined in s. 210.25. 
 43 Section 3. Part II of chapter 210, Florida Statutes, 
 44 entitled “Tax on Tobacco Products other than Cigarettes or 
 45 Cigars,” is renamed “Tax on Tobacco Products other than 
 46 Cigarettes, Heated Tobacco Products, or Cigars.” 
 47 Section 4. Present subsections (6) through (14) of section 
 48 210.25, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (7) 
 49 through (15), respectively, a new subsection (6) is added to 
 50 that section, and present subsection (12) of that section is 
 51 amended, to read: 
 52 210.25 Definitions.—As used in this part: 
 53 (6) “Heated tobacco product” means a product containing 
 54 tobacco designed for use in an electronic device with a heat 
 55 source that does not involve any form of burning or combustion 
 56 during ordinary conditions of use and which produces an 
 57 inhalable aerosol by heating the tobacco but does not produce 
 58 any smoke. 
 59 (13)(12) “Tobacco products” means loose tobacco suitable 
 60 for smoking; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist 
 61 tobacco; fine cuts and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse 
 62 scraps; clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, and other 
 63 kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be 
 64 suitable for chewing; but “tobacco products” does not include 
 65 cigarettes, as defined by s. 210.01(1), heated tobacco products, 
 66 or cigars. 
 67 Section 5. Subsection (8) of section 569.002, Florida 
 68 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 69 569.002 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 
 70 (8) “Tobacco products” includes loose tobacco leaves, and 
 71 products made from tobacco leaves, in whole or in part, and 
 72 cigarette wrappers, which can be used for smoking, sniffing, or 
 73 chewing, and heated tobacco products as defined in s. 210.25. 
 74 Section 6. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 
 75 951.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 76 951.22 County detention facilities; contraband articles.— 
 77 (1) It is unlawful, except through regular channels as duly 
 78 authorized by the sheriff or officer in charge, to introduce 
 79 into or possess upon the grounds of any county detention 
 80 facility as defined in s. 951.23 or to give to or receive from 
 81 any inmate of any such facility wherever said inmate is located 
 82 at the time or to take or to attempt to take or send therefrom 
 83 any of the following articl