Delaware Senate Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 27 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-10 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Tobacco traffickers move black market contraband cigarettes or other tobacco products purchased from low tax states to be sold in higher tax states, facilitated by individuals or through organized groups. The potential financial gain of tobacco smuggling is immediately apparent. Legal entities pay significant taxes on their product, including $1.01 per pack in federal excise tax; $1.60 per pack of 20 cigarettes and a 15% tax rate of the wholesale purchase price of other tobacco products in Delaware state tax; and typically $0.60 per pack to a settlement fund for health care costs incurred by the states because of tobacco use by their citizens. Manufacturers and distributors of contraband tobacco products reap substantial profits by avoiding federal and state excise taxes. Because of the tremendous profits often associated with cigarette trafficking, organized criminal groups use the proceeds to launder or conceal the proceeds of other criminal offenses.

An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Tobacco Products.

Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. William Outten [R]

2017-06-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-10		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2017-06-28		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2017-06-27		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2017-04-27		Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate

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Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25684&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB67
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18916