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SB 1371 Cigarette taxes; definitions of noncombustible tobacco products, extends study report date.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Cigarette taxes; definitions of noncombustible tobacco products. Defines, for purposes of cigarette taxes, alternative nicotine product, heated tobacco product, liquid nicotine, and nicotine vapor product. The bill also provides that the definition of cigarette includes only nicotine-containing products that produce smoke from combustion. The bill extends from November 2018 to November 2019 the conclusion of a study by the Joint Subcommittee to Evaluate Tax Preferences of options for the modernization of cigarette taxes and possible reforms to the taxation of tobacco products that will provide fairness and equity for all local governments. The bill incorporates SB 1252.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102721D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105549D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102721D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105549D-S1
- 01/22/19 Senate: Incorporates SB1252 (Reeves)
- 01/22/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105549D-S1
- 01/24/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1371S1
- 01/25/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/19 House: Read first time
- 01/29/19 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/11/19 House: Reported from Finance (19-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Read second time
- 02/13/19 House: Read third time
- 02/13/19 House: Passed House (93-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER)
- 02/18/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
- 02/20/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/22/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/22/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)