| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX. |
| Report Title: | Cigarette and Tobacco Tax |
| Description: | Raises the excise tax on tobacco products from 6.00 cents per cigarette to 8.00 cents per cigarette after June 30, 2003, 9.00 cents per cigarette after June 30, 2004, and 10.00 cents per cigarette after June 30, 2005. Raises the excise tax on other tobacco products from forty to fifty per cent. Establishes the Substance Abuse and Tobacco Cessation Special Fund. (HB549 HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | M. OSHIRO, SHIMABUKURO |
| Current Referral: | HLT, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/21/2003 | H | Introduced |
| 1/22/2003 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 1/24/2003 | H | Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3. |
| 2/4/2003 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 02-06-03 at 8:45 am in House conference room 329. |
| 2/6/2003 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Nishimoto, Hale, Kahikina, Shimabukuro, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Finnegan, Stonebraker; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Takai, Ching. |
| 2/12/2003 | H | Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 282) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 2/12/2003 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Finnegan, Jernigan, Leong, Marumoto, Meyer, Moses, Ontai, Pendleton, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Fox, Tamayo excused. |
| 8/21/2003 | D | Carried over to 2004 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment