Your up-to-the-hour look at Day 29 of the 2019 Utah Legislature

SALT LAKE CITY — Should the age for buying tobacco be raised to 21 statewide?

That is a question lawmakers on the House Business and Labor Committee will tackle Tuesday.

HB324 proposes raising the minimum age for obtaining, possessing, using, providing or furnishing tobacco products, paraphernalia, and under certain circumstances, electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21 years of age.

Other issues expected to be discussed at the Statehouse during the day include:

• The House Education Committee has on its agenda HB360, which enacts provisions related to monitoring and mitigating lead in drinking water in schools and child care centers.
• The Senate Business and Labor Committee will consider job creation through SB196, which creates the Utah Works Program Act that would provide a state nonrefundable tax credit for investments by Utah Works funds in eligible businesses.
• The Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee will hear HB91, which calls for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to conduct a study identifying and classifying private agricultural land across the state.

Here's what happened on Feb. 25, the 28th day of the 2019 session:

• The Utah Senatesignaled its intentto allow grocery and convenience stores in the state to sell higher alcohol content beer.
• The House Judiciary Committee unanimously endorsed legislation that would ban 15-year-olds from getting married but not raise the minimum age to 18 as Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, originally proposed.
• A bill giving the green light to driverless vehicles on Utah roads moved unanimously through the Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee.

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