Civil penalty; untaxed tobacco products. (HB898)

Introduced By

Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville)

Progress

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

Description

Civil penalty; untaxed tobacco products. Creates a civil penalty for the import, transport, possession, or resale of untaxed tobacco products and delineates the respective penalty for first, second, and third or subsequent offenses. The bill also specifies a civil penalty for willful intent to defraud the Commonwealth of taxes levied on tobacco products. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2014Committee
01/08/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101319D
01/08/2014Referred to Committee on Finance
01/19/2014Impact statement from TAX (HB898)
01/28/2014Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
01/29/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
02/03/2014Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2014Committee substitute printed 14104652D-H1
02/04/2014Read first time
02/05/2014Read second time
02/05/2014Committee substitute agreed to 14104652D-H1
02/05/2014Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB898H1
02/06/2014Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
02/06/2014VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
02/07/2014Referred to Committee on Finance
02/10/2014Impact statement from TAX (HB898H1)
02/11/2014Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/13/2014Read third time
02/13/2014Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
02/17/2014Enrolled
02/17/2014Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB898ER)
02/17/2014Signed by Speaker
02/19/2014Signed by President
02/19/2014Impact statement from TAX (HB898ER)
02/27/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 7/1/14)
02/27/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB285.