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Relating to the measurement of units sold for purposes of cigarette and tobacco regulation and taxation, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Ways and Means (companion To Hf 795 By Committee on Ways and Means) Committee
Proposed by the Department of Revenue · their explanation · all agency proposals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 16, 202547–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 21, 202591–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025
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What’s in it
AI summary This bill changes how the state counts the number of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco sold to calculate taxes. It defines a unit of cigarettes as a pack that must have a state tax stamp on it. For roll-your-own tobacco, it counts the specific amounts that are subject to state tax.1
Read the official explanation
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.
Why it matters. This change affects businesses and state agencies by updating how the state counts individual cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco sold to determine tax amounts. The new definitions will use the number of cigarette packs requiring a state stamp and the amount of roll-your-own tobacco subject to tax to measure units sold.2
Senate subcommittee
Named February 19, 2025 (as SSB 1155). On March 10, 2025 it recommended passage.
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