Hawaii State Legislature
2006 Legislative Session

HB350 HD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX.
Report Title: Tobacco Tax; Increase
Description: Increases excise tax on cigarettes to $0.09, $0.11, and $0.13 per cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after 9/30/2005, 6/30/2006, and 6/30/2007, respectively, (amounting to $1.80, $2.20, and $2.60 per pack of 20 cigarettes). (HB350 HD1)
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): ARAKAKI, M. OSHIRO, TAKAI, TAKUMI, Takamine
Current Referral:HLT, FIN

Date Status Text
1/21/2005HPending introduction.
1/24/2005HIntroduced and Pass First Reading
1/24/2005HReferred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3
2/11/2005HBill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 02-14-05 at 9:00 am in House conference room 329.
2/14/2005HThe committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Green, Hale, Nishimoto, Sonson, Finnegan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla.
2/17/2005HReported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 591) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN.
2/18/2005HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Meyer, Pine, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Fox, Halford, Ito, Morita, Moses, Saiki, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tanaka, Wakai excused.
12/2/2005 10:32:13 AMDCarried over to 2006 Regular Session

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment