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MS SB3124

Bill

Status

Failed

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Briggs Hopson

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases cigarette excise tax from 3.4¢ to 4.4¢ per cigarette with a maximum length of 120 millimeters.

  • Increases excise tax on cigars, chewing tobacco, smoking tobacco, snuff, and other tobacco products from 15% to 25% of the manufacturer's list price.

  • Imposes new 10¢ per liquid milliliter excise tax on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) products, defined as noncombustible products that produce vapor from nicotine using heating elements or electronic means.

  • Increases presumed cost of doing business for wholesale dealers from 2% to 4% of basic cigarette cost and for retailers from 6% to 9.5% of basic cigarette cost under the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law.

  • Effective July 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Tobacco/ENDS; impose ENDS excise tax, and increase other tobacco excise taxes and presumed costs of doing business.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance2/24/2025

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