Key Votes
HB 2493 - Cigarette Tax Increase - Key Vote
Washington Key Votes
Mike Hope voted Nay (Concurrence Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 23, 2010 Executive Signed
- April 12, 2010 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 12, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- March 19, 2010 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 11, 2010 Introduced
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Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 23, 2010
Title: Cigarette Tax Increase
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (54-43) - April 12, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Cigarette Tax Increase
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes a tax increase on tobacco products to fund basic health care services.
- -For cigars except little cigars, 95 percent of the taxable sales price of cigars, not to exceed 65 cents per cigar;
-95 percent of taxable sales price for any tobacco products unless they are covered under a separate provision;
-For little cigars the rate is equal to the cigarette tax; and
-For moist snuff, any single unit with a net weight of 1.2 ounces or less the rate is 2.526 dollars or 83.5 percent of the cigarette tax and for any single unit with a net weight of more than 1.2 ounces the proportional rate is established.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (28-17) - April 12, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Cigarette Tax Increase
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a tax increase on tobacco products to fund basic health care services.
- -For cigars except little cigars, 95 percent of the taxable sales price of cigars, not to exceed 65 cents per cigar;
-95 percent of taxable sales price for any tobacco products unless they are covered under a separate provision;
-For little cigars the rate is equal to the cigarette tax; and
-For moist snuff, any single unit with a net weight of 1.2 ounces or less the rate is 2.526 dollars or 83.5 percent of the cigarette tax and for any single unit with a net weight of more than 1.2 ounces the proportional rate is established.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (54-42) - March 19, 2010
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 11, 2010
Title: Cigarette Tax Increase
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a tax increase on tobacco products to fund basic health care services.
Sponsors
- Eileen L. Cody (WA - D)
- Jeannie L. Darneille (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary Lou Dickerson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel W. 'Sam' Hunt (WA - D)
- Ruth L. Kagi (WA - D)
- John R. McCoy (WA - D)
- James C. 'Jim' Moeller (WA - D)
- Sharon Nelson (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tina L. Orwall (WA - D)
- Jamie Pedersen (WA - D)
- Mary Helen Roberts (WA - D)
- Scott White (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brendan W. Williams (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
