Relating to the measurement of units sold for purposes of cigarette and tobacco regulation and taxation, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2025
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 16, 202547–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseApril 21, 202591–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill updates the definition of “units sold” when measuring individual cigarettes sold in the state to mean packs required to bear the excise stamp of the state, and updates “units sold” for roll-your-own tobacco to mean roll-your-own tobacco on which tax is due pursuant to Code chapter 453A. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 19, 2025 (as SSB 1155). On March 10, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. David D. Rowley REmail
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. Dan Dawson REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§453C.1

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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