Key Votes
SB 2310 - Food and Tobacco Taxes - Key Vote
Mississippi Key Votes
Stages
- March 22, 2006 Senate Veto Override Failed
- Jan. 11, 2006 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 6, 2006 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 5, 2006 Introduced
Family
- SB 2310 - Food and Tobacco Taxes
- SB 515 - Relating to Firearms' Purchases and Licensing
- HB 1738 - Reporting of Water Withdrawals
- SB 771 - Increases Cap on Recovery from Medical Malpractice
- SB 966 - Physical Education Requirement in Public Schools
- SB 1119 - Environmental Permit Compliance
- HB 11 - Motor Scooter Definition and Operation
- HB 35 - Hidalgo County Health Demonstration Project
- HB 469 - Technical Violation of Probation Release
- SB 449 - Superintendent of Regulation and Licensing Confirmed by Senate
- HB 294 - State Treasurer to Designate Board Designees
- HB 328 - Surcharges Imposed on Communication Services
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Failed (Senate) (28-22) - March 22, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Food and Tobacco Taxes
Vote to override a veto of a bill that raises the tax on cigarettes from $0.18/pack to $0.75/pack, effective upon passage, and from $0.75/pack to $1.00/pack, effective July 1, 2007. The bill also levies a 15 percent excise tax on snuff and other tobacco products, excluding cigarettes. The bill creates the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund and provides that a portion of revenue generated from cigarette tax revenue be distributed to the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund, the Education Enhancement Fund, and the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund. Additionally, the bill decreases, as of July 1, 2006, the tax on non-prepared food for human consumption to 4.5 percent and to gradually phase out the tax by July 1, 2014.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (90-30) - Jan. 11, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Food and Tobacco Taxes
Vote to pass a bill that raises the tax on cigarettes from $0.18/pack to $0.75/pack, effective upon passage, and from $0.75/pack to $1.00/pack, effective July 1, 2007. The bill also levies a 15 percent excise tax on snuff and other tobacco products, excluding cigarettes. The bill creates the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund and provides that a portion of revenue generated from cigarette tax revenue be distributed to the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund, the Education Enhancement Fund, and the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund. Additionally, the bill decreases, as of July 1, 2006, the tax on non-prepared food for human consumption to 4.5 percent and to gradually phase out the tax by July 1, 2014.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (36-15) - Jan. 6, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Food and Tobacco Taxes
Vote to pass a bill that raises the tax on cigarettes from $0.18/pack to $0.75/pack, effective upon passage, and from $0.75/pack to $1.00/pack, effective July 1, 2007. The bill also levies a 15 percent excise tax on snuff and other tobacco products, excluding cigarettes. The bill creates the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund and provides that a portion of revenue generated from cigarette tax revenue be distributed to the Municipal Tobacco Tax Diversion Fund, the Education Enhancement Fund, and the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund. Additionally, the bill decreases, as of July 1, 2006, the tax on non-prepared food for human consumption to 4.5 percent and to gradually phase out the tax by July 1, 2014.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 5, 2006
Title: Food and Tobacco Taxes
Sponsors
- Travis Lane Little (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Sidney M. 'Sid' Albritton (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nickey R. Browning (MS - R)
- Kelvin E. Butler (MS - D)
- Deborah Dawkins (MS - D)
- Hillman Terome Frazier (MS - D)
- Carl J. 'Jack' Gordon Jr. (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alice Varnado Harden (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gary Jackson (MS - R)
- Robert L. 'Bobby' Jackson (MS - D)
- Sampson Jackson II (MS - D)
- David Lee Jordan (MS - D)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' King Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick Alan Nunnelee (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Irvin L. 'Lynn' Posey (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tommy' Robertson (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph C. Thomas (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Shannon' Walley (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Johnnie E. Walls Jr. (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gloria Chisholm Williamson (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
