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2013 SESSION
HB 1820 Cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties.
Introduced by: Onzlee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unstamped cigarettes; sale, transport, possession, etc.; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to sell, purchase, transport, receive, or possess 500 or more packages of unstamped cigarettes and a Class 5 felony for a second offense; under current law, the threshold is 3,000 or more packages and there is no heightened penalty for a second offense. The bill also provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell fewer than 500 packages of unstamped cigarettes; under current law the threshold is fewer than 3,000 packages and is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102131D pdf | impact statements
- 02/13/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13105165D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102131D
- 01/08/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/13 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/13 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 01/31/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/13 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/04/13 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/08/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/12/13 Senate: Rereferred from Fin. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/13 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/13/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/13 Senate: Committee substitute printed 13105165D-S1
- 02/15/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/13 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 13105165D-S1
- 02/18/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1820S1
- 02/18/13 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/13 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 13105165D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)
- 02/23/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)