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HB 644 Master Settlement Agreement; enforcement requirements for tobacco product manufacturers.
Introduced by: Clarke N. Hogan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Master Settlement Agreement; enforcement requirements for tobacco product manufacturers; national sales information. Requires every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are to be sold in the Commonwealth to submit, as a condition of selling cigarettes in the Commonwealth, to the Attorney General a true and correct copy of each annual return or report filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for federal excise tax purposes. Failure to submit the annual return or report will result in the loss of the tobacco manufacturer’s authority to sell cigarettes in the Commonwealth after 30 days’ notice. This bill also provides provisions for the protection of the annual return data once in the possession of the Attorney General.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086919536 pdf
- 02/04/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081487536-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB644ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/05/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086919536
- 01/08/08 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/22/08 House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote
- 01/22/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/24/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/01/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081487536-H1
- 02/05/08 House: Read first time
- 02/06/08 House: Read second time
- 02/06/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 081487536-H1
- 02/06/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB644H1
- 02/07/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/18/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/19/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/21/08 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB644ER)
- 02/22/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/05/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)