Providing for an increase in the tax on cigarettes, and appropriating the additional revenue generated for cancer research and prevention

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2024
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 General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides for an increase in the tax on cigarettes and appropriates the increased amount of revenue generated for cancer research and prevention. The bill increases the tax on cigarettes from 6.8 cents to cents on each cigarette, or from $1.36 to $2.00 per pack of cigarettes. The bill provides that beginning July 1, 2024, the amount of revenue generated from the increase in the tax on cigarettes and deposited in the health care trust fund under Code section 435A.35A shall be appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of cancer research and prevention.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 20, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Austin Harris REmail
• Rep. John Forbes D
• Rep. Michael V. Sexton R

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§453A.35A§453A.6

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