Introduced
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To increase the cigarette tax from 75-cents to 80-cents a pack, and distribute 48-percent of the increased revenue from the tax increase to school health clinics, and the balance to the state general fund.
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that would increase the 75-cent per pack cigarette tax by 50 cents, and to impose proportionate increases on all other tobacco taxes.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require a wholesaler to have knowledge that it has acquired cigarettes from a tobacco company not party to the tobacco lawsuit settlement in order to be penalized for not filing certain reports.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 47 (details)
To increase the cigarette tax by 50 cents to $1.25 per pack, and to impose proportionate increases on all other tobacco taxes. Of the additional 50 cents, 25 cents would go into the general fund; 20 cents to the school aid fund; four cents to the Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund; and one cent to Wayne County health care programs.
Amendment offered
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To increase the reimbursement paid to cigarette wholesalers for collecting and remitting the tobacco tax.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
Following House passage. This was the first Senate vote on a bill to increase the cigarette tax by 50 cents to $1.25 per pack, and to impose proportionate increases on all other tobacco taxes. Of the additional 50 cents, 25 cents would go into the general fund; 20 cents to the school aid fund; four cents to the Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund; and one cent to Wayne County health care programs. The second vote took place an hour later.
The substitute failed 15 to 22 (details)
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
To increase the cigarette tax by 50 cents to $1.25 per pack, and to impose proportionate increases on all other tobacco taxes. Of the additional 50 cents, 25 cents would go into the general fund; 20 cents to the school aid fund; four cents to the Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund; and one cent to Wayne County health care programs.
