| Measure Title: | RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. |
| Report Title: | Cigarette Tax; Increase |
| Description: | Increases tax per cigarette to $ , $ , and $ on 9/30/2005, 6/30/2006, and 6/30/2007, respectively (amounting to $ , $ , and $ per pack of 20 cigarettes). Earmarks %, %, and % of tax for general fund, DOH health promotion programs, and smoking cessation programs, respectively. Appropriates $6,100,000 from cigarette tax revenues for the University of Hawaii medical school, including research. (HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | SB1236 |
| Introducer(s): | ARAKAKI, GREEN, LEE |
| Current Referral: | HLT, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/26/2005 | H | Pending introduction. |
| 1/27/2005 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/31/2005 | H | Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 7 |
| 2/16/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 02-17-05 at 8:30 am in House conference room 329. |
| 2/17/2005 | H | The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Green, Hale, Nishimoto, Sonson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Finnegan; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/17/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 506) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 2/18/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Pine, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Moses, Souki, Takumi, Tanaka excused. |
| 12/2/2005 10:34:05 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session |
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ConAm = Constitutional Amendment