File Code: Transportation
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 390/96 - B&T
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 501
- Sponsored By:
-
The President (Administration) and Senators Dorman, Kelley, Pinsky,
Ruben, Van Hollen, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Forehand
- Entitled:
-
State Tobacco Tax
Increasing the tobacco tax rate from 36 to 72 cents per package of 20
cigarettes; and reducing from 1.36% to 0.68% the discount available to
a licensed wholesaler for the purchase of tax stamps.
Senate Action
- 1/17
- First Reading Budget and Taxation & Judicial Proceedings
- 1/29
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/30
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m.
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- President of the Senate
- Administration
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- REVENUE AND TAXES -see also specific taxes -
- STAMPS AND COINS
- TOBACCO
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Tax - General
- (
12-105 ,
12-303
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
