WV HB2973 | 2011 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-23 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-23 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of the bill is to increase the excise tax on cigarettes by $1.00 per pack; The bill increases the excise tax on all other tobacco products from seven percent of their wholesale prices to fifty percent. The bill also establishes a special revenue account and designates where the additional revenues are to be transferred, with half the proceeds to certain health related issues and the other half to the General Revenue Fund.
Title
Increasing the excise tax on cigarettes and all other tobacco products
Sponsors
| Del. Barbara Hatfield [D] | Del. Charlene Marshall [D] | Del. Nancy Peoples Guthrie [D] | Del. Don Perdue [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-23 | To House Finance | |
| 2011-02-23 | Do pass, but first to Finance | |
| 2011-02-01 | To House Health and Human Resources | |
| 2011-02-01 | Introduced in House | |
| 2011-02-01 | To Health and Human Resources then Finance | |
| 2011-02-01 | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB362 (Same As) 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 |
