Key Votes
HB 591 - Permanent Cigarette Tax - Key Vote
Louisiana Key Votes
Kevin Pearson voted Nay (Override of Veto) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Kevin Pearson made in this general time period.
Stages
- June 16, 2011 House Veto Override Failed
- June 14, 2011 Executive Vetoed
- June 2, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- May 24, 2011 House Bill Passed
- April 25, 2011 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Failed (House) (58-44) - June 16, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Permanent Cigarette Tax
Vote to override a veto of a bill that makes permanent a tax of four-twentieths of 1 cent per cigarette, whereas existing law requires the tax to expire on June 30, 2012.
- Requires revenue from the tax to be deposited into the state general fund to be used exclusively for health care expenditures that are eligible for federal financial participation (Sec. 1).
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ELECTED IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - June 14, 2011
Title: Permanent Cigarette Tax
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (29-8) - June 2, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Permanent Cigarette Tax
Vote to pass a bill that makes permanent a tax of four-twentieths of 1 cent per cigarette, whereas existing law requires the tax to expire on June 30, 2012.
- Requires revenue from the tax to be deposited into the state general fund to be used exclusively for health care expenditures that are eligible for federal financial participation (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (70-30) - May 24, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Permanent Cigarette Tax
Vote to pass a bill that makes permanent a tax of four-twentieths of 1 cent per cigarette, whereas existing law requires the tax to expire on June 30, 2012.
- Requires revenue from the tax to be deposited into the state general fund to be used exclusively for health care expenditures that are eligible for federal financial participation (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 25, 2011
Title: Permanent Cigarette Tax
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Jeffery J. 'Jeff' Arnold (LA - D)
- Elton M. Aubert (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Austin J. Badon Jr. (LA - D)
- Bobby G. Badon (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Wesley T. Bishop (LA - D)
- Jared C. Brossett (LA - D)
- Roy Allen Burrell (LA - D)
- Herbert B. Dixon (LA - D)
- Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb (LA - D)
- Hollis Downs (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Bel Edwards (LA - D)
- Albert B. Franklin (LA - D)
- Rickey Hardy (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Heitmeier (LA - D)
- Reed S. Henderson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Walker Hines (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank A. Hoffmann (LA - R)
- Dalton Honoré (LA - D)
- Michael L. Jackson (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosalind D. Jones (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Juan A. LaFonta (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Walt Leger III (LA - D)
- Jack Montoucet (LA - D)
- Helena N. Moreno (LA - D)
- Patricia Haynes Smith (LA - D)
- Karen Gaudent St Germain (LA - D)
- Charmaine L. Marchand Stiaes (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ernest Durham Wooton (LA - I) (Out Of Office)
