PUBLIC HEALTH: Creates the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Beth Mizell

Creates a Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force to coordinate prevention and cessation efforts for youth, informing policy and funding decisions.

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time by title and adopted.

Summary — SR 206 (notes on provided materials and actual text found)

Important: The document content you provided does not contain text creating a "Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force." Instead, the packet contains multiple unrelated resolution texts (including a Kentucky Senate resolution confirming an appointment to an energy commission, memorial resolutions from other states, and a Hawaii education resolution). Below I 1) summarize the actual resolution text present in the packet, and 2) explain the missing Public Health task‑force language and offer next steps.

1) Actual resolution text found in the packet — Kentucky Senate resolution confirming an appointment

Purpose / intent

Confirms Governor Andy Beshear’s appointment of Wesley Cate to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (per Executive Order 2024‑611 and KRS 164.2807).

Key provisions / changes

Section 1: Senate confirmation of Wesley Cate to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2025 (in accordance with 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 5).
Section 2: Directs the Clerk of the Senate to forward a copy of the resolution and notice of adoption to Wesley Cate (Evergreen, Colorado and Pulaski County, KY) and to Governor Beshear (State Capitol, Room 100, Frankfort, KY 40601).

Who is affected

Wesley Cate (appointee), the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, the Governor’s office, and the Senate’s administrative records.

Procedural / timeline aspects (from legislative actions in the packet)

Governor appointment date referenced: September 10, 2024.
Senate actions: Read & adopted (reported adopted 3/06/2025; vote recorded 35 yeas, 0 nays on 6/12/2025); enrolled and signed by President of the Senate 6/12/2025; sent to Secretary of State 6/13/2025.
Term expiration for the appointment: July 1, 2025.

2) Missing: "PUBLIC HEALTH: Creates the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force"

The packet contains no bill text, section language, membership lists, duties, reporting requirements, funding details, or statutory amendments relating to creation of a Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force. Because the specific text is absent, I cannot provide a factual, clause‑level summary of that measure.

3) Next steps / offer

If you want a factual summary of the Youth Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Task Force bill, please:

Provide the bill/resolution text (or a link), or
Confirm I should draft a concise, structured summary based on typical task‑force provisions (I can include likely elements such as membership, agency support, duties, timelines and reporting requirements, suggested funding sources, and potential impacts).

Which would you prefer?