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IN HB1565
Bill
Status
1/17/2019
Primary Sponsor
Cindy Kirchhofer
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AI Summary
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Increases Indiana's cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, raising the total tax from $0.995 to $2.995 per pack for regular size cigarettes (weighing not more than 3 pounds per thousand)
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Raises the per-cigarette tax rate from $0.04975 to $0.14975 for regular cigarettes, and from $0.06612 to $0.199 for larger cigarettes weighing more than 3 pounds per thousand
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Appropriates $35 million per year for the 2019-2021 biennium ($70 million total) from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund to the tobacco use prevention and cessation trust fund
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Funds directed to the Indiana State Department of Health to implement the long-range state plan for tobacco prevention and cessation, including grant-making authority
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Effective date of July 1, 2019, with provisions allowing distributors to use pre-existing revenue stamps if they remit the difference in tax to the department
Legislative Description
Cigarette taxes. Increases the cigarette tax by $2 to $2.995 per pack of regular size cigarettes and a corresponding increase for larger cigarettes. Appropriates for each year of the 2019-2021 biennium $35,000,000 from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund to the tobacco use prevention and cessation trust fund for the state department of health to implement the long range state plan for the prevention and reduction of the usage of tobacco and tobacco products in Indiana.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/17/2019