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2006 SESSION
HB 980 Master Settlement Agreement; assignment of escrow funds to nonparticipating manufacturer.
Introduced by: Clarke N. Hogan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Escrow payments on sale of certain tobacco products. Requires the Attorney General to provide nonparticipating tobacco product manufacturers with information regarding the sale of their cigarettes in the Commonwealth in order to facilitate full and accurate escrow payments by such manufacturers. It also requires quarterly escrow payments, rather than annual, by nonparticipating tobacco product manufacturers that (i) are new to the market, (ii) default on any Master Settlement Agreement provisions, or (iii) as determined by the Attorney General, pose a risk of not making their escrow payments in the future.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067351324 pdf
- 02/11/06 House: Committee substitute printed 062880324-H1 pdf
- 02/28/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/14/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067351324
- 01/11/06 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Civil Law
- 02/10/06 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/06 House: Committee substitute printed 062880324-H1
- 02/11/06 House: Read first time
- 02/13/06 House: Read second time
- 02/13/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 062880324-H1
- 02/13/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB980H1
- 02/14/06 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/20/06 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/06 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER)
- 02/28/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/01/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/14/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)