Hawaii State Legislature
2006 Legislative Session

HB1992 HD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX.
Report Title: Health; Cigarette Tax; Federally Qualified Community Health Centers
Description: Increases the cigarette tax by 2.5 cents (per cigarette) to fund the maintenance and operation of federally qualified community health centers and native Hawaiian programs providing treatments for smoking cessation and prevention (HB1992 HD1).
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): GREEN, HALE, HERKES, LEE, NISHIMOTO, B. OSHIRO, THIELEN, WAKAI, Berg, Carroll, Luke, M. Oshiro, Waters
Current Referral:HLT, FIN

Date Status Text
1/20/2006HTo Be Introduced
1/23/2006HIntroduced and Pass First Reading.
1/23/2006HReferred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 2
2/2/2006HBill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 02-06-06 at 9:00 am in House conference room 329.
2/3/2006HBroadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
2/6/2006HThe committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Green, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Sonson; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Hale, Halford.
2/9/2006HReported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241-06) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN.
2/10/2006HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Moses voting no (1) and Representative(s) Arakaki, Cabanilla, Saiki, Schatz, Takamine excused (5).

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment