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SB 1302 Master Settlement Agreement; makes several changes to enhance criminal enforcement activities.
Introduced by: Robert Hurt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Master Settlement Agreement; criminal enforcement activities; penalty. Makes several changes to enhance criminal enforcement activities. The bill provides that any tobacco product manufacturer, stamping agent, or importer of cigarettes, or any officer, employee, or agent of any such entity, who knowingly and with the intent to defraud, mislead, or deceive, makes any materially false statement in reports, documents, and tax returns required to be filed or kept under the Master Settlement Agreement or other substantive law is guilty of misrepresentation in a commercial dealing with the Commonwealth, a Class 6 felony. The Attorney General is authorized to prosecute such cases. The bill also requires persons to file cigarette delivery sales information with the Attorney General in addition to the current requirement that such information be filed with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The bill adds criminal penalties for failure to file the required information; under current law all penalties are civil. The Attorney General is authorized to assess the civil penalties and prosecute criminal violations. In addition, the bill includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" the filing of false reports under the Tobacco Product Manufacturers Act, of false reports of cigarette delivery sales, and of false tobacco tax reports.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090759806 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091539250-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/20/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090545250-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1302ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1302ER2) pdf
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090759806
- 01/14/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/15/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/28/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 091539250-S1
- 01/30/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/09 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/09 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/09 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 091539250-S1
- 02/02/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1302S1
- 02/12/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/09 House: Read first time
- 02/12/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/18/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/20/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090545250-H1
- 02/24/09 House: Read second time
- 02/25/09 House: Read third time
- 02/25/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090545250-H1
- 02/25/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1302H1
- 02/25/09 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: Title replaced 090545250-H1
- 03/09/09 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1302ER)
- 03/09/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/09 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/07/09 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/08/09 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/08/09 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1302ER2)
- 04/08/09 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/08/09 House: Enacted, Chapter 847 (effective 7/1/09)
- 04/08/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0847)