1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 190

CHAPTER NUMBER: 121 File Code: Miscellaneous Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 143
Sponsored By:
The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Hixson, Frush, Marriott, R. Baker, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Sher, Shriver, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Zirkin, and D'Amato
Entitled:
Tobacco Tax

Synopsis:

Increasing the tobacco tax on cigarettes and imposing the tobacco tax on cigars and other tobacco products; specifying who must collect and pay the taxes and when they must be paid; allowing the seizure of certain untaxed tobacco products; providing for a phase-in period for the increase; requiring the Governor to include, for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter, not less than $21,000,000 in the annual budget in appropriations for activities aimed at reducing tobacco use in Maryland; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/1
First Reading Ways and Means
2/17
Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/23 (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
3/23
Special Order 3/24 (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
3/24
Floor Amendment (Delegate V. Mitchell) Rejected (45-79)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Ports) Rejected (41-84)
Floor Amendment (Delegate W. Baker) Rejected
Floor Amendment (Delegate Hutchins) Rejected (66-69)
Floor Amendment (Delegate La Vay) Rejected (39-88)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan) Rejected (45-82)
Floor Amendment (Delegate La Vay) Rejected (42-86)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Klausmeier) Rejected (61-74)
Floor Amendment (Delegate V. Mitchell) Rejected (40-83)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/26
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (74-61)
4/8
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Motion Special Order 4/12 (Delegate Flanagan) Rejected (44-88)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (82-54)
Passed Enrolled
4/27
Signed by the Governor Chapter 121
Senate Action
3/29
First Reading Budget and Taxation
4/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
4/7
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (26-21)
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Hogan) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Hogan) Rejected (18-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (16-29)
Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Rejected (21-25)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (20-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Bromwell) Rejected (19-24)
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (18-25)
Floor Amendment (Senator Roesser) Rejected (16-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (13-32)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (22-24)
4/8
Floor Amendment (Senator Hogan) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (19-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (16-28)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (24-23)
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (17-25)
Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (10-32)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (25-20)
Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (11-36)
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Rejected (16-30)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (27-19)
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (13-30)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/9
Floor Amendment (Senator Haines) Rejected (17-30)
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (19-27)
Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (16-30)
Motion limit debate (Senator Blount) Rejected (28-19)
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Rejected (13-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (16-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Rejected (19-28)
Floor Amendment (Senator Hooper) Rejected (14-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (19-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Ferguson) Rejected (13-26)
Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (14-33)
Floor Amendment (Senator Hoffman) Adopted (47-0)
Floor Amendment (Senator Van Hollen) Adopted (47-0)
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (29-18)
Sponsored by:
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Administration
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Kerry Hill, District 26
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
APPROPRIATIONS
BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS
CAPITAL BUDGETS
CIGARETTES -see also- SMOKING
COMPTROLLER
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
GOVERNOR
PENALTIES
REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes-
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
SUNSET
TOBACCO
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Business Regulation
( 16-219 )
Tax - General
( 12-101 , 12-101 , 12-101 , 12-102 , 12-103 , 12-104 , 12-105 , 12-202 , 12-203 , 12-302 , 12-303 , 12-306 , 13-408 , 13-834 , 13-835 , 13-836 , 13-837 , 13-839 , 13-841 , 13-842 , 13-1014 , 13-1015 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 123415/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:02 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 253612/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:45 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 473515/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 10:55 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 523516/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:49 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 625456/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 22, 1999   at: 6:16 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 683017/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:25 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713116/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:05 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 813310/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:19 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 903214/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 11:41 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 933013/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 24, 1999   at: 10:48 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Senate
Number: 033613/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 10:33 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 073414/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 10:51 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 083611/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 8:47 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 223618/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 6:40 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 243919/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 8:14 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 303010/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 2:30 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 303715/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 7:43 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 313417/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 7:27 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 343714/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 8:00 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 343714/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 5:40 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 353311/3 Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 0:07 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 393310/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 8:17 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 493711/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 11:22 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 533914/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 6:47 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 533914/3 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 6:39 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Number: 533914/4 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 5:36 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 553714/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 6:01 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 573118/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 7:26 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713710/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 5:38 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 783817/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 8:39 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 793114/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 9:39 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 793210/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 1:15 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 813616/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 6:30 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 819428/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 1:03 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 843613/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 3:34 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 843910/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 1999   at: 10:31 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 903814/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 4:40 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 923614/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 1:34 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 963310/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 7:44 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 973717/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 1999   at: 8:12 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Mitchell V) {933013/1 Rejected (45-79)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ports) {473515/1 Rejected (41-84)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hutchins) {713116/1 Rejected (66-69)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (LaVay) {813310/1 Rejected (39-88)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Flanagan) {683017/1 Rejected (45-82)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (LaVay) {903214/1 Rejected (42-86)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Klausmeier) {253612/2 Rejected (61-74)
March 24, 1999: Floor Amendment (Mitchell V) {523516/1 Rejected (40-83)
March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (74-61)
April 8, 1999: Motion Special Order until 4/12 (Flanagan) Rejected (44-88)
April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (82-54)
Senate
April 7, 1999: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (26-21)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hogan) {533914/2 Rejected (18-27)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {573118/1 Rejected (16-29)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Middleton) {313417/1 Rejected (21-25)
April 7, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (20-26)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Bromwell) {963310/1 Rejected (19-24)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {343714/1 Rejected (18-25)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Roesser) {393310/1 Rejected (16-27)
April 7, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {783817/2 Rejected (13-32)
April 7, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (22-24)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {343714/2 Rejected (19-27)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {553714/1 Rejected (16-28)
April 8, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (24-23)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {083611/1 Rejected (17-25)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {793114/1 Rejected (10-32)
April 8, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (25-20)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {843910/1 Rejected (11-36)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Neall) {073414/1 Rejected (16-30)
April 8, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (27-19)
April 8, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {353311/3 Rejected (13-30)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Haines) {033613/1 Rejected (17-30)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {493711/2 Rejected (19-27)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {793210/1 Rejected (16-30)
April 9, 1999: Motion limit debate (Blount) Rejected (28-19)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Harris) {923614/1 Rejected (13-26)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {303010/1 Rejected (16-26)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Neall) {843613/1 Rejected (19-28)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hooper) {903814/1 Rejected (14-26)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {713710/1 Rejected (19-26)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Ferguson) {223618/2 Rejected (13-26)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {303715/1 Rejected (14-33)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hoffman) {973717/2 Adopted (47-0)
April 9, 1999: Floor Amendment (VanHollen) {243919/1 Adopted (47-0)
April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (29-18)