Cigarettes; sale, purchase, possession, etc., for purpose of evading taxes, penalties. (HB1820)

Introduced By

Del. Onzlee Ware (D-Roanoke) with support from co-patrons Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), and Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Unstamped cigarettes; sale, transport, possession, etc.; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony to sell, purchase, transport, receive, or possess 500 or more packages of unstamped cigarettes; under current law, the threshold is 3,000 or more packages. The Class 2 misdemeanor threshold is reduced from less than 3,000 to less than 500 packages. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2013Committee
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102131D
01/08/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/09/2013Impact statement from VCSC (HB1820)
01/15/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB1820)
01/25/2013Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2013Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/29/2013Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
01/31/2013Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
02/01/2013Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2013Read first time
02/04/2013Read second time and engrossed
02/05/2013Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/05/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2013Constitutional reading dispensed
02/06/2013Referred to Committee on Finance
02/08/2013Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2013Referred to Committee on Finance
02/12/2013Rereferred from Fin. (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2013Rereferred to Courts of Justice
02/13/2013Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2013Committee substitute printed 13105165D-S1
02/14/2013Impact statement from VCSC (HB1820S1)
02/15/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2013Read third time
02/18/2013Reading of substitute waived
02/18/2013Committee substitute agreed to 13105165D-S1
02/18/2013Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1820S1
02/18/2013Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2013Placed on Calendar
02/19/2013Senate substitute agreed to by House 13105165D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
02/19/2013VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2013Enrolled
02/22/2013Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)
02/22/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB1820ER)
02/23/2013Impact statement from VCSC (HB1820ER)
02/23/2013Signed by Speaker
02/23/2013Signed by President
03/20/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (effective 7/1/13)
03/20/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.