Bill Text: IA HF2341 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for an increase in the tax on cigarettes, and appropriating the additional revenue generated for cancer research and prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-20 - Subcommittee: Harris, Forbes and Sexton. H.J. 338. [HF2341 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2341-Introduced.html
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BY
WILZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
an
increase
in
the
tax
on
cigarettes,
and
1
appropriating
the
additional
revenue
generated
for
cancer
2
research
and
prevention.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
453A.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
There
is
imposed,
and
shall
be
collected
and
paid
to
the
3
department,
a
tax
on
all
cigarettes
used
or
otherwise
disposed
4
of
in
this
state
for
any
purpose
equal
to
six
and
eight-tenths
5
ten
cents
on
each
cigarette.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
453A.35A,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
7
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
2.
a.
Moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
used
only
for
purposes
9
related
to
health
care,
substance
use
disorder
treatment
and
10
prevention,
and
tobacco
use
prevention,
cessation,
and
control.
11
b.
Beginning
July
1,
2024,
the
amount
of
revenue
generated
12
from
the
increase
in
the
tax
on
cigarettes
from
six
and
13
eight-tenths
cents
to
ten
cents
on
each
cigarette
pursuant
to
14
section
453A.6,
subsection
1,
shall
be
appropriated
to
the
15
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
purpose
of
16
cancer
research
and
prevention.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
provides
for
an
increase
in
the
tax
on
cigarettes
21
and
appropriates
the
increased
amount
of
revenue
generated
for
22
cancer
research
and
prevention.
23
The
bill
increases
the
tax
on
cigarettes
from
6.8
cents
to
24
10
cents
on
each
cigarette,
or
from
$1.36
to
$2.00
per
pack
of
25
20
cigarettes.
26
The
bill
provides
that
beginning
July
1,
2024,
the
amount
of
27
revenue
generated
from
the
increase
in
the
tax
on
cigarettes
28
and
deposited
in
the
health
care
trust
fund
under
Code
section
29
435A.35A
shall
be
appropriated
to
the
department
of
health
30
and
human
services
for
the
purpose
of
cancer
research
and
31
prevention.
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