Relating to an increase in the tax on cigarettes

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the tax on cigarettes. The bill increases the tax imposed on cigarettes from 6.8 cents to 11.8 cents on each cigarette, or from $1.36 to $2.36 per pack of cigarettes. The bill increases the tax on cigarettes assembled using loose tobacco products that are inserted into a vending machine from which assembled cigarettes are dispensed from 3.06 cents to 3.63 cents on each cigarette, which is equivalent, based on the weight of tobacco used for each cigarette, to the increased tax on packaged cigarettes.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named January 29, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Chris Hagenow R
• Rep. Lee Hein R
• Rep. Dave Jacoby DEmail

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