| Measure Title: | RELATING TO TAXATION. |
| Report Title: | Cigarette Tax; Increase |
| Description: | Increases tax per cigarette to 9 cents after 6/30/2006, 11 cents after 6/30/2007, and 13 cents after 6/30/2008. Earmarks 25%, 25%, and 50% of tax for general fund, DOH health promotion and disease prevention programs, and the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund, respectively. (SD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | TAKAMINE |
| Current Referral: | FIN, HLT |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/27/2005 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading |
| 1/31/2005 | H | Referred to FIN, referral sheet 7 |
| 2/26/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-01-05 at 10:00 am in House conference room 308. |
| 3/1/2005 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Takamine, Kawakami, Chong, Karamatsu, Lee, Magaoay, Nakasone, Tanaka, Tsuji, Wakai, Yamane, Yamashita, Fox, Moses, Pine; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Carroll, Evans, Nishimoto, Meyer. |
| 3/3/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 808), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/4/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting no and Representative(s) Arakaki, Herkes, Saiki, Takai excused. |
| 3/8/2005 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no and none excused. |
| 3/8/2005 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 3/10/2005 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 339). |
| 3/10/2005 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 3/10/2005 | S | Referred to WAM. |
| 3/29/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-01-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 211. |
| 4/1/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Tsutsui, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Slom, Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Sakamoto. |
| 4/8/2005 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1482) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 4/8/2005 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 4/8/2005 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 04-12-05. |
| 4/12/2005 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 18; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 6 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Hogue, Ige, Slom, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Espero). Transmitted to House. |
| 4/12/2005 | H | Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 608) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 4/14/2005 | H | House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). |
| 4/15/2005 | S | Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 606). |
| 4/18/2005 | H | Re-referred to FIN, HLT, referral sheet 53. |
| 4/21/2005 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 736). |
| 4/21/2005 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Baker, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Inouye. |
| 12/2/2005 10:35:05 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment