Hawaii State Legislature
2006 Legislative Session

SB1236 SD2 HD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX.
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 100% of tax for the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund, with the initial amounts collected to be allocated to the John A. Burns School of Medicine and Children's Health Insurance Program. (SB1236 HD1)
Package: None
Companion:HB1049
Introducer(s): BAKER, Chun Oakland, Hanabusa, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ihara
Current Referral:HLT, EDB, FIN

Date Status Text
1/27/2005SIntroduced and passed First Reading.
2/1/2005SReferred to HTH/HMS, WAM.
2/4/2005SThe committee on HTH/HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-05 at 2:45 pm in conference room 016.
2/10/2005SThe committee on HMS deferred the measure until 02-14-05 at 5:45 pm in conference room 016.
2/10/2005SThe committee on HTH deferred the measure until 02-14-05 at 2:45 pm in conference room 016.
2/14/2005SThe committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Ihara, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Trimble; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hooser, Kokubun.
2/14/2005SThe committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chun Oakland, Hanabusa, Tsutsui; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Whalen.
2/18/2005SReported from HTH/HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 558) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2/18/2005SReport adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2/22/2005SThe committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 211.
2/24/2005SThe committee on WAM deferred the measure until 03-01-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 211.
3/1/2005SThe 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, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Slom, Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English.
3/4/2005SReported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 999) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
3/4/2005S48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-05.
3/8/2005SPassed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Hogue, Ige, Slom, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
3/8/2005HReceived from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 248) in amended form (SD 2).
3/10/2005HPass First Reading.
3/10/2005HReferred to HLT, EDB, FIN, referral sheet 30
3/12/2005HBill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Monday, 03-14-05 at 9:00 am in House conference room 329.
3/14/2005HThe committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Arakaki, Green, Cabanilla, Hale, Nishimoto, Finnegan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Sonson; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
3/17/2005HReported from the committee on HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1072) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on EDB.
3/18/2005HBill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Monday, 03-21-05 at 9:45 am in House conference room 325.
3/18/2005HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on EDB with Representative(s) Meyer, Moses, Stonebraker voting no and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Chang, Herkes, Takamine excused.
3/21/2005HThe committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
12/2/2005 10:34:36 AMDCarried over to 2006 Regular Session.

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