ID check rules for tobacco and hemp products may increase in TN

A new bill has been filed in Tennessee that would raise the “prospective” age limit on identification rules for tobacco or hemp product sales. Under current state law, all tobacco and hemp product purchases require you to be at least 21 years old. Establishments that sell these products are required to ask you for ID to prove you are at least 21 unless “an ordinary person would conclude” you to be at least 30 years old. SB 707, would raise that reasonable conclusion to at least 50 years old, meaning more people would be required to be carded even if they are already over 21. If passed into law, the bill would take effect this July.