Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards.
Summary
Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette taxboards. Provides that, if a locality did not impose a cigarettetax as of January 1, 2021, the locality is prohibited from imposinga cigarette tax unless it is a member of a regional cigarette taxboard. The bill also prohibits any locality from imposing a cigarettetax after January 1, 2026, unless such locality is a member of aregional cigarette tax board. The bill defines a regional cigarettetax board as a board with at least 10 member localities that is responsiblefor administering the cigarette taxes of all of its member localities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Mar 11, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 61 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House (65-Y 35-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (26-Y 12-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendments SB1326ES1
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendments by Senator Hanger agreed to
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 1-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101792D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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