WV HB2729 | 2011 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-21 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-21 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to raise the cigarette tax to the national average, to raise the tax on other tobacco products to fourteen percent of their wholesale price and to establish a special revenue account to fund the Governor's Office of Health System Improvement. This bill was recommended for passage during the 2009 Regular Session by Select Committee D on Health.
Title
Raising the excise tax on cigarettes and all other tobacco products
Sponsors
| Del. Barbara Hatfield [D] | Del. Charlene Marshall [D] | Del. Harold Michael [D] | Del. Clif Moore [D] |
| Del. Don Perdue [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-21 | To House Health and Human Resources | |
| 2011-01-21 | Introduced in House | |
| 2011-01-21 | To Health and Human Resources then Finance | |
| 2011-01-21 | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB362 (Similar To) 2011-02-18 - On 2nd reading to Finance
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 17 | 3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
