Hawaii House Bill 2078 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-21 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Imposes an excise tax equal to eighty-five per cent of the wholesale price of any tobacco product, other than large cigars, sold by a wholesaler or dealer on and after January 1, 2015, whether or not sold at wholesale, or if not sold then at the same rate upon the use by the wholesaler or dealer. Requires any increase in the excise tax rate imposed on cigarettes on or after 1/1/2015 to trigger an automatic excise tax increase on other tobacco products on or after 1/1/2015. Requires the additional moneys collected under the excise tax to be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund.

Tobacco Products; Excise Tax; Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund

Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]
Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-21	House	Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 3
2014-01-21	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2014-01-17	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2078&year=2014
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2014/Bills/HB2078_.HTM