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Providing for an increase in the tax on cigarettes, and appropriating the additional revenue generated for cancer research and prevention
Topics:Health careTaxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2024
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The tax on cigarettes would go up from $1.36 to $2.00 per pack. The extra money collected from this tax will be used by the department of health and human services to fund cancer research and prevention.1
Read the official explanation
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.
House subcommittee
Named February 20, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
4 for · 3 against · 5 undecided · Who →