WV HB4344 | 2018 | Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill 4344 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-29 - 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 modify the tax on soft drinks to apply to sodas containing sugar sweeteners. The bill increases the tax to 2 cents per ounce on certain sodas. The bill redistributes revenue to include funding for the Public Employees Insurance Agency and certain schools at West Virginia University. The bill modifies definitions. The bill defines new terms. The bill also rearranges the definitions so that they are in alphabetical order.

Title

Relating to the tax on soft drinks

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-29	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2018-01-29	House	Introduced in House
2018-01-29	House	To Health and Human Resources then Finance
2018-01-29	House	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Taxation

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	19	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
11	19	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4344&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4344%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4344