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2014 SESSION
SB 285 Civil penalty; untaxed tobacco products.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Civil penalty; untaxed tobacco products. Creates a civil penalty for the import, transport, possession, or resale of untaxed tobacco products and delineates the respective penalty for first, second, and third or subsequent offenses. The bill also specifies a civil penalty for willful intent to defraud the Commonwealth of taxes levied on tobacco products. This bill is identical to HB 898.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101320D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104577D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB285ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101320D
- 01/06/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/14/14 Senate: Rereferred from Fin. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/14 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/29/14 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 01/29/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104577D-S1
- 01/31/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/14 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14104577D-S1
- 02/03/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB285S1
- 02/04/14 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/14 House: Read first time
- 02/07/14 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/17/14 House: Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/14 House: Read second time
- 02/19/14 House: Read third time
- 02/19/14 House: Passed House (95-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N)
- 02/21/14 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB285ER)
- 02/21/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (effective 7/1/14)
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)